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Daily Tech News 3 April 2026

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  • houston@nasa.gov, we have a problem. (Tom's Hardware)

    The crew of the Artemis II mission - basically retreading the path of Apollo 10, 97 years ago - ran into an issue that didn't happen last time: The spacecraft's computer has two instances of Microsoft Outlook running, and neither one works.

    At least that's better than unidentified floating poop (though we may yet come to that) or a Main B Bus Undervolt.


  • Speaking of things not working those new LG-made 1Hz laptop display panels have been put to the test and they don't. Don't not work, that is. They work exceptionally well. (Tom's Hardware)

    These displays are designed to automatically lower the refresh rate to as little as 1Hz (from a maximum of 120Hz) when the user is looking at a static screen, since the constant refresh cycle is a major power draw.

    Tested in Dell's latest XPS 14 model (which I think is the first laptop shipping with these panels) a battery life test simulating simple web browsing with the screen brightness set to 150 nits saw the laptop lasting 43 hours. That's three times longer than Apple's M5 MacBook Air running with the same settings.

    Apple's CPUs are more power-efficient than Intel's so heaver workloads handed the win to the Air, but the new display panel certainly proved itself.

Tech News


Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: No, Houston, the poop is not floating. It's worse than that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2026 04:00 AM (lJ0H4)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

3 No reason to get up this morning yet

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:05 AM (fNISR)

5
Audio of the floating turd incident with Apollo 10:

https://is.gd/qRAIgA

That is comedy gold right there. I always forget there were actually two floating turds. They noticed one, then a while later, another one popped up. Cernan said....well I won't spoil it. It's comedy gold.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:09 AM (w6EFb)

6
The Apollo solid waste collection system consisted of a plastic bag you taped to your butt.

And yes, there were some diarrhea incidents with the Apollo missions as well. And it went just about like you might expect. They didn't talk about that too much at the time, but it happened. And yes, it went everywhere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

7 >>>Houston agreed to remote in to take a look at the issue.

All kinds of shenanigans!

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:17 AM (fNISR)

8 >>>Disclaimer: No, Houston, the poop is not floating. It's worse than that.

uh-oh

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:21 AM (fNISR)

9
It was Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 (LEO test of CSM-LM docking and operations). who famously said there's nothing so beautiful as a urine dump at sunset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:25 AM (w6EFb)

10 Tons of fun on ace's De Niro thread (Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro) where publius and Oldcat (maybe others) chimed in knowledgeably about Space. Highly recommended.

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:29 AM (fNISR)

11 One reason I never wanted to go into space

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:29 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Apple can fuck itsel.I'll never own any Apple product. I'll keep my Fold 6 going like a Cuban car if I have to.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 03, 2026 04:33 AM (WYStd)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:37 AM (ohOaC)

14 Yea! I'll never buy another Apple product. Except for the MacBook I bought a week ago. And maybe an IPhone. BUT THAT'S IT, DAMMIT!!!!!

maybe....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

15 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 04:49 AM (u82oZ)

16 14 the MacBook I bought a week ago
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

How's it going?

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:49 AM (fNISR)

17 It seems the IT world is committed to destroying themselves and taking everone else with them.

Posted by: clarence at April 03, 2026 04:50 AM (R9n3z)

18 publius

Tip of the hat. Your physics based info is stellar. Please give Her Grace my hello.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 04:51 AM (u82oZ)

19 Might as well go.make coffees while I think about going back to bed

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Puddleglum,

My IPad is very handy for late night browsing. You may consider that as an exception to the boycott as well. But absolutely nothing else.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 03, 2026 04:57 AM (WlUfk)

21
Magills retweeted
J D
@Jdkoa
Apr 1
Replying to @magills_
If we can send one Canadian to the moon, we can send them all there.

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:58 AM (fNISR)

22 If that article about MS vaporizing $1T is accurate, you know MS will never back off going down with the ship on Win 11.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 05:04 AM (/HDaX)

23 "Apollo 10, 97 years ago"

The V2 wasn't around 97 years ago. Fitty-seven years ago, I'd believe for Apollo 10.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 03, 2026 05:04 AM (XDWwQ)

24
Magills
@magills_
Apr 1
Watching the control room makes me sad because no one is smoking

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:07 AM (fNISR)

25 [i[16 14 the MacBook I bought a week ago
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 04:46 AM (ohOaC)

How's it going?
Posted by: m


Going well. AppleOS is not MS Win or Linux Mint, which is what I'm used too. So it's a matter of just finding where things are and what they are called as Apple names stuff differently. First world problems, nothing major. The machine its self is new, so it runs like a new Ferrari. Its very lightweight too, also a plus. Its my shiny new toy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 05:13 AM (ohOaC)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

27 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (MIIRH)

28 ....and maybe an IPad.

BUT THAT'S IT!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (ohOaC)

29 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 03, 2026 05:16 AM (AN2gy)

30 I have a 2020 iphone SE 2nd gen which aside from only 64GB memory, I'm quite happy with. It is, however, starting to have battery and functionality issues.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 03, 2026 05:20 AM (KAi1n)

31 How Microsoft vaporized a trillion dollars is an excellent read. I don't understand the technical side.

But at heart it is a people problem.

The leadership of Microsoft chose poorly for a long time. The person who could have fixed many problems notified his superiors, and was eventually fired.

A story as old as time. Shoot the messenger, fail to understand the problem, then suffer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

32 I’m too lazy to read about floating space poo. Is it due to weightlessness or fiber?
It’s pizza Friday so I need to get everything started! BBIAB.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 03, 2026 05:24 AM (OTOad)

33 Man, reading the front-page headlines of the BBC, I'm all, like, calm down. In every category. Will not click!

The Drama's horrifying twist will divide audiences
These artworks are by women - men got the credit

The dark side of the US's most divisive painter

The hoax that shook Australian literature

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:24 AM (fNISR)

34 How much stock does Billy boy still have in M$? He might want to abandon ship if he has not already done so.

Posted by: clarence at April 03, 2026 05:25 AM (R9n3z)

35 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

Looks like Orion is well on its way to the Moon, traveling at a leisurely 5000 mph or so.

It's currently about 67000+ miles away, roughly a quarter of the distance to the Moon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:26 AM (ESVrU)

36 31 The person who could have fixed many problems notified his superiors
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

his stuperiors

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:26 AM (fNISR)

37 24, so true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:27 AM (MIIRH)

38 A story as old as time. Shoot the messenger, fail to understand the problem, then suffer.

Absolutely, if you’re old enough, or have worked basically anywhere, you’ve watched company decisions go south from ignoring the actual problem. I could give at least 3 dozen examples, but you don’t need my old stories. NYC is one of the greatest topical lessons about to be learned in the history of ignoring problems.
Coffee first, then pizza dough making. Got to have priorities!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 03, 2026 05:31 AM (OTOad)

39
https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:32 AM (fNISR)

40 coming up on 11 hours elapsed time

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:33 AM (fNISR)

41 A blessed Good Friday to those that observe it!. I found a prayer for Holy Week in my wonderful Harper Collins Book of prayers through the ages, compiled by Robert Van de Weyer: It is by Bernard of Clairvaux who lived from 1090 until 1133. He was the main inspiration for the Cistercian order of monks: and wrote prayers for major Christian festivals which were widely disseminated.

You taught us, Lord, that the greatest love a man can show is to lay down his life for his friends. But your love was greater still, because you laid down your life for your enemies. It was while we were still enemies that you reconciled us to yourself by your death.What other love has ever been , or ever could be , like yours? You died at the hand of sinners for the sake of the sinful. You became a slave to tyrants, to set the oppressed free.


Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (rZCVI)

42 m

Did NASA nail the essential vector? Or are guidance burns needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (u82oZ)

43
Artemis II Mission Elapsed Time
01
DAYS
11
HRS
00
MINS

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:35 AM (fNISR)

44 Fenelon spoke

Good morning. Good Friday indeed.

Did your son get a job after his interview?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:37 AM (u82oZ)

45
The perigee raise burn is complete, marking another planned orbital adjustment in the early hours of the Artemis II mission.

via https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (fNISR)

46 Evening to the late toilers, and morning to the early risers! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished. Stirling did not wake me up early, so the day is starting off on a pleasant note.

Today, however, is the day I have agreed to go to this talk by the commie Korean professor at my old employer. It feels rather as if I escaped from East Berlin a year ago and am going back in on a secret mission. I hope I don't see anybody I know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

47 FS, a Good Friday and a Happy Easter!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:39 AM (MIIRH)

48 Live Mission Updates in the righthand sidebar at

https://www.nasa.gov

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:41 AM (fNISR)

49 And before I leave for the day- a beautiful musical selection- because some posters here enjoy this :🙂"Jesus, redeemer of my soul:

https://tinyurl.com/yjpenwnm

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:42 AM (rZCVI)

50 40 coming up on 11 hours elapsed time
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:33 AM (fNISR)

1 day + 11 hours

Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:42 AM (fNISR)

51 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 03, 2026 05:45 AM (bQ4nt)

52 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be spiritually uplifted today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 05:45 AM (u82oZ)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

Is Miss Linda a left winger? Why does she want to go? Does she know this woman? Could you just say "How about if I drop you off and come back later ?" And then go do something you enjoy.

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:46 AM (rZCVI)

54 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:39 AM (MIIRH)

Thanks, dear. Same to you!

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (rZCVI)

55 I'm looking at 72 F. here, 90% humidity, winds at 8. Not *bad* workout conditions, just not great. Supposedly (supposably?) we will have less hot and less wet conditions by Monday, after some rains on the weekend. I'm glad I washed and spray-waxed the car yesterday so it will look good until we get that rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

56 Great prayer Fen.

As a pedant, I have to point out that Jesus was 32 years old on Apr. 3, 33 ARSH.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 05:47 AM (qFwJc)

57 Is Miss Linda a left winger? Why does she want to go? Does she know this woman? Could you just say "How about if I drop you off and come back later ?" And then go do something you enjoy.
Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 03, 2026


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No, she's not a lefty, thank God. She doesn't know the woman, but somehow the talk title caught her attention. She looks at it as a break in the monotony -- remember, she doesn't work and hardly ever has. And it's a free luncheon as well.

I agreed to this because she originally wanted to go to a $75/person buffet at a downtown restaurant. When I said no, she brought this up, knowing no doubt I'd feel I should give way somewhere. Again, it's free, and will be only about an hour long, so I'll grit my teeth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

58 Greetings and good morning, everyone! Fen, thank you for that prayer. It's a good start to the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 05:52 AM (NR6c1)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 2, 2026 [Doof]

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From Archillct

Greetings, Hordelings! Thanks for stopping by tonight's ONT. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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AI is asshoe

Grandmother Wrongfully Jailed for Nearly Six Months After AI Facial Recognition Error

On July 14 of last year, Angela Lipps was at her Tennessee home babysitting four children when armed police officers came and took her away at gunpoint. She was later booked as a fugitive in relation to a bank fraud investigation in North Dakota, over 1,000 miles away. The only problem was that Lipps had never been to North Dakota.

The grandmother of five told investigators that she had lived most of her life in north-central Tennessee and had never even been on a plane. Unfortunately, police in Fargo, North Dakota, had obtained a signed warrant for her arrest on multiple charges, including felony theft and felony unauthorised use of personal identifying information.

Angela Lipps later learned that she had been identified as a suspect in an organised bank fraud case. Investigators reviewing cases in April and May 2025, in which a woman used a fake US Army military ID to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from banks, used facial recognition software on surveillance camera footage and identified the Tennessee grandmother as the main suspect.

***

After spending over three months in a Tennessee jail, at the end of October 2025, Angela Lipps was put on a plane and flown to North Dakota, where she was once again jailed simply because an AI recognition software decided her facial features, body type and hairstyle matched those of a crime suspect.

Video segment at the link.

Putting more automated stuff to use by government entities sure is a great idea, huh?

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Even Bluesky looneys think AI is asshoe!

Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI

In its early days, Twitter alternative Bluesky tried to paint itself as a safe haven from the onslaught of AI, promising in November 2024 that it had “no intention” of scraping user-generated posts to train AI models.

It was a shot across the bow, clearly aimed at its rival X-formerly-Twitter, which had recently changed its terms of service to allow just that. And since then, backlash to AI slop and relentless AI integrations has grown to new heights.

So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Bluesky’s abrupt foray into AI isn’t sitting well with its notoriously anti-AI user base.

***

“You control it, you shape it, without having to write code or know how to set up these feeds,” Schneider enthused.

The CEO seemed well aware of the headwinds against launching consumer-facing AI products in 2026.

***

Graber appeared to be aware of the inflood of hatred for the idea. When a user told her that “we don’t want it,” she replied with a curt: “then don’t use it — it’s a separate app.”

Graber also reshared a post by a different user who claimed people “on the left” were being “shortsighted” by being willfully blind about AI, and that the argument “‘hope it goes away’ doesn’t have a great track record as a strategy for contesting control of new political domains and technologies.” The implication: Bluesky users are wrong about their resentment over AI and should instead embrace it.

Left on left drama and fighting is always a good thing!

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OK, maybe AI is not totally asshoe

Ancient Roman board game stumped experts for decades – until AI played

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A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to confirm this. Now, more than 40 years on, new technology appears to have solved the mystery.

An international team of researchers led by Maastricht University in the Netherlands, along with Leiden University, Australia's Flinders University, the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and The Roman Museum and restoration studio Restaura in Heerlen, have used 3D scans and AI to unravel the rules of this mysterious game that no human has been able to figure out.

The oval-shaped stone, roughly 8.3 x 5.7 inches (21 x 14.5 cm) in diameter and marked on one side with distinct intersecting lines, had all the hallmarks of a game played in ancient times. As the researchers note in their paper, people around the world have played games since at least the Bronze Age (around 3000 BCE). A lot haven't survived due to materials used, but the Coriovallum limestone had withstood the test of time.

***

They programmed two AI bots to play a digital version of the limestone-etched board, with more than 100 different sets of rules from other games throughout history we know of. The AI players had 1,000 goes at each of these other games, and then a pattern emerged. Nine "rules" the other games had were consistent with this mysterious one.

Using AI to come up with new rules to a game might actually be fun. Got any ideas??


***

Easter is a few days away. This sure takes me back to my days as a wee Doof. How about you?

doof-retro-easter-egg-dye.jpg


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One week from today - "A Tradition Unlike Any Other"

Legendary sports announcer Jim Nantz uttered those words. They've been trademarked. But not by Jim Nantz.

It's actually owned by Augusta National


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This guy better be watching next week!


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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 10:00 PM (R9n3z)

2 Beach!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (VCgbV)

3 Jack Sheldon & Mike Hammer
youtube.com/watch?v=ia62mjdo0eo

Who knew?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (YvvFZ)

4 Good evening good people!

That top pic looks like our beloved USAF found another Iranian missile storage site.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

5 Easter is a few days away. This sure takes me back to my days as a wee Doof. How about you?

No sisters. Kitchen appliances were Harvest Gold. Otherwise, right on.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

6 It's drink thirty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:02 PM (YvvFZ)

7 Otters called.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 10:02 PM (R9n3z)

8 Beach!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended


Sunoverabeach!

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

9 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 02, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

10 The egg dyes... Pas? Was that the brand?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 10:03 PM (diia5)

11 Had a yellow Pyrex mixing bowl just like that, inherited that from Mom’s side of the family.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 02, 2026 10:03 PM (8JbE1)

12 Angela Lipps was at her Tennessee home"

Yeah. Something's not quite right with that tale. Count me somewhat skeptical...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:04 PM (XuXeR)

13 Pro tip: Hotels on Parthenon Place.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (Q+gd/)

14 Dyeing eggs as a wee innocent BSM was a fun memory. I still like boiled eggs.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (syAfa)

15 Pas? Was that the brand?"

Paas.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (XuXeR)

16 Good evening morons И спасибо Диско.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

17 Nice filter on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 Pas? Was that the brand?"

Paas.
Posted by: man

No, go ahead - take a shot.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

19 That Pyrex bowl is probably worth a lot

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 02, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

20 Paas egg dyeing kits. So precious.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:06 PM (syAfa)

21 Speaking of AI and surveillance... a shit ton of those Flock cameras are showing up around here. Like, out here in the boonies. I'll need to do some research on their method of operation. And counter measures.

Bad Ju Ju here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 10:06 PM (AkEZC)

22 Pro tip: Hang on to Get Out of Crucifixion Free card.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)

23 What a world?

Stacy Keach lost his career because they caught him snorting cocaine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:07 PM (YvvFZ)

24 After spending over three months in a Tennessee jail, at the end of October 2025, Angela Lipps was put on a plane and flown to North Dakota, where she was once again jailed simply because an AI recognition software decided her facial features, body type and hairstyle matched those of a crime suspect.

Finally, a reason to be happy that I have..... distinctive* features that won't be confused for someone else's by an AI.

* - ugly

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

25 The egg dyes... Pas? Was that the brand?

We used scrambled eggs, so our dye of choice was Spas.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

26 I remember times like that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (Cqx++)

27 Another fantastic Doof ONT. The egg dying- could you smell the vinegar? I also remember doing this with my girls. All 3 of them will tell you my mantra on the glitter dyes- glitter is forever. If you use it, commit to it for life as it will always be around on the rug, the wall, wherever it touched, some part remains.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)

28 Martini Farmer
WA state just ordered the Flock cameras shut down to keep ICE from using them to track illegals.
Or, as the Politburo said, "To protect people's privacy".

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (rFtAF)

29 Nice ONT, Doof. Weren't you around last evening? You know - fools? C'mon, man!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

30 Dying the easter eggs. I remember that shit. We still do it, but its changed. Used to be hot water, now you use cold water, and the colors don't seem right. They ruin everything.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (snZF9)

31 No, go ahead - take a shot"

Heh.

Paas, from pasen... didn't anyone read the earlier thread?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (XuXeR)

32 Apropos of nothing, I noticed reading some history of the cold war, Americans in government seem to have had cooler names in the 1940s and 1950s

Roscoe Hillenkoetter (CIA)
General Andrew Goodpaster
General Lymen L. Limnetzer
General Hoyt S. Vandenburg

Ya just don’t meet anyone named “Roscoe” or “Hoyt” anymore. Sad!

Posted by: Common Tater at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (MdA1p)

33 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

34 Looks like the red skies in the top photo will lead to sailor's delight.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)

35 Sometime in the 80s, there were plastic decorative sleeves that could shrink around eggs. Those were soulless and not so fun as dyeing eggs.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (syAfa)

36 Putting more automated stuff to use by government entities sure is a great idea, huh?

Brazil knew bureaucracy well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (2GVsD)

37 Aw, that egg-dyeing scene brings back memories! Mom, me, lil sis & lil bro-- making such a mess. Only thing missing from that photo is many layers of newspaper to protect the kitchen table from stains.

Question for the horde:

Did you ever NOT find all the hidden eggs? Like, for a loooong time? Hahaha. I can think of twice that happened for us.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rdVOm)

38 Another fantastic Doof ONT. The egg dying- could you smell the vinegar? I also remember doing this with my girls. All 3 of them will tell you my mantra on the glitter dyes- glitter is forever. If you use it, commit to it for life as it will always be around on the rug, the wall, wherever it touched, some part remains.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)


I was actually just about to say "I can smell the vinegar in that photo"!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

39 Bluesky AI should be easy to code. Just program it with what some 55 year old who owns a lot of cats hates, and then add some F-bombs. Boom. Done.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

40
More like a Bald Eagle, amirite?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (xG4kz)

41 Today was trash pickup day and I needed to retrieve my bin from the curb. I opened the front door, took one step outside, and realized it was raining and windy. I jumped back into the house and quickly shut the door.

Then it hit me. I had become a cat.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (YXOE0)

42 Doof, thanks for the ONT.

Photo of sunrise or sunset is spectacular. If it is sunrise I hope no one is sailing. Wow.

Love the 82yr old golfer. He's very spry.

A lot of songs of foolishness of love. Sometimes it all works out in spite of the odds against you.

Love you all. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (WONhk)

43 There was one Easter my mom and Paul's mom decided to make and sell Easter breads each with a colored egg in a basket.

Which meant me, him, and lib little sis dyeing about 5 dozen eggs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

44 On a few occasions, some of our boys thought throwing Easter eggs was cool. Their mother disagreed. Heads hung low; sister laughing.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (7D3Aa)

45 Twitter alternative Bluesky tried to paint itself as a safe haven from the onslaught of AI, promising in November 2024 that it had “no intention” of scraping user-generated posts to train AI models.

What management says: "We have no intention of doing X."

What management means: "We're already doing X."

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

46 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (ohOaC)

47 Nice ONT, Doof. Weren't you around last evening? You know - fools? C'mon, man!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)


I was not here last night. Did I repeat a "fool" song? If so, please don't tell Dino!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

48 Maybe AI can solve the mystery of what those weird Roman Decahedrons were used for. No convincing explanation has emerged, though many have tried.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 02, 2026 10:12 PM (MdA1p)

49 ONT!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 10:12 PM (6U1c2)

50 Just got a batch of double chocolate brownies out of the oven

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 10:12 PM (ZxPkt)

51 I was actually just about to say "I can smell the vinegar in that photo"!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM

Fist bump!

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:12 PM (OoFl2)

52 Bluesky AI should be easy to code. Just program it with what some 55 year old who owns a lot of cats hates, and then add some F-bombs. Boom. Done.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

Mix in raimondo and Mary from Brattleboro, and you'll have a winner for Bluesky.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

53 I'm watching the Artemis II tracker over at NASA's website.

It's pretty amazing.

It's like we're shooting a grain of sand at a moving beach ball several miles away.

We're not aiming to hit it, but to send the grain of sand just close enough so that the beach ball can reach out with an invisible hand (gravity) and toss our grain of sand back to us, where we'll catch it in a kiddie pool filled with water.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 10:13 PM (ESVrU)

54 47 Nice ONT, Doof. Weren't you around last evening? You know - fools? C'mon, man!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

I was not here last night. Did I repeat a "fool" song? If so, please don't tell Dino!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:11

He did an entire fool montage

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2)

55 Then it hit me. I had become a cat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy


Is that an upgrade over a potato?

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

56
Did you ever NOT find all the hidden eggs? Like, for a loooong time? Hahaha. I can think of twice that happened for us.
Posted by: JQ


I lost a frozen orange juice concentrate can that rolled under the front passenger's seat. For just shy of a week and in the summer, it was. And the can broke open.

To say that the car stunk was an understatement. To say that the stink lasted a long time was another understatement.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:13 PM (xG4kz)

57 All 3 of them will tell you my mantra on the glitter dyes- glitter is forever.
Posted by: Piper

A HS buddy of mine is a OB/GYN. While preparing for an exam by him, one of his patients accidently grabbed, and used, her daughter glitter hair spray.

At the beginning of the exam, he noticed and asked "Feeling a bit festive today?"

HeyOhhhhhhh!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

58 I caught a little bit of Megyn Kelly 's show today and she was really blasting Trump. I hadn't heard her in a while and she's really gone off the rails. She was saying his speech last night was a lie, that we were getting bogged down in Iran and would be there for months or years. That his poll numbers are so low the White House is panicking. Hes lost blacks and Hispanics and all of the white men who voted for him. I could only take a few minutes of her because her TDS is getting out of control. I wonder if she was really behind him at all.

Posted by: Megthered at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (Zkvx0)

59 Everything about the golf video is off. You don't have your golf partners surrounding you in the fairway unless you're playing a scramble. You don't celebrate an approach shot immediately after you hit it. I don't know why they would be filming a shot from the fairway.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (V4IXI)

60 Required to show an ID today...to return a $280 phone. We know what you don't need an ID for.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (EXZem)

61 He did an entire fool montage


And the horde added MANY more fool songs!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (7D3Aa)

62
Why no love for the favorite song of foosball players at campus watering holes?

"Everybody Plays the Foo"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (xG4kz)

63 I saw that AI jails innocent granma story a liitle while ago.
Someone needs to sue

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (6U1c2)

64 On the board game... why do I suspect the AI guys don't even realize they didn't 'discover the rules', they did the equivalent of shaking up a box of 'According to Hoyle' rules and having an unpaid intern blindly test each one to see if it was even remotely applicable? And then noone checked the intern's work to see if he put something in the 'keep' pile that didn't work, or put something in the 'discard' pile that was a really good keeper?

Is it because I'm an optimist? Is that it?

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

65 Sorry I'm late, somebody sneezed when I was eating spaghetti all covered with cheese with a meatball on top.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (f67+3)

66 Did you ever NOT find all the hidden eggs? Like, for a loooong time? Hahaha. I can think of twice that happened for us.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rdVOm)

No, no,no. I recall a few times Mom hid eggs around inside the house because of bad weather. There is no way she would have forgotten the location of an egg. Mom's house was and is like a museum. There is no dust. No mess. And no rotten egg.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (syAfa)

67 I was not here last night. Did I repeat a "fool" song? If so, please don't tell Dino!
Posted by: Doof


You didn't repeat Dino's. In fact, I think Quarterflash wasn't mentioned at all. The other two were mentioned by the Commentariat.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

68 What I learned about Ancient Rome today. They often put small white stone at the corners of the paving stones used to make their roads so it'd be easier to follow the road at night.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (ndZc7)

69 Sorry I'm late, somebody sneezed when I was eating spaghetti all covered with cheese with a meatball on top.
Posted by: tankdemon


Speaking of childhood memories.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

70 I was not here last night. Did I repeat a "fool" song? If so, please don't tell Dino!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:11

He did an entire fool montage
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2)


Just looked. No repeats. I'm safe!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

71 I lost a frozen orange juice concentrate can that rolled under the front passenger's seat. For just shy of a week and in the summer, it was. And the can broke open.

To say that the car stunk was an understatement. To say that the stink lasted a long time was another understatement.


My wife and I were driving to a pot luck in our new minivan. She had a crockpot full of baked beans on the floor between her feet. For whatever reason, she lost control of it, and the beans and bean juice soaked into the carpet. The smell never truly left that vehicle.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

72 Hes lost blacks and Hispanics and all of the white men who voted for him. I could only take a few minutes of her because her TDS is getting out of control. I wonder if she was really behind him at all.
Posted by: Megthered at April 02, 2026 10:14 PM (Zkvx0)

That's really going to hurt him when he runs for re-election.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (V4IXI)

73 Is the music theme April Fools a day late?

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (w3u3d)

74 Sorry I'm late, somebody sneezed when I was eating spaghetti all covered with cheese with a meatball on top.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (f67+3)
----
You'll find your poor meatball right next to a hidden Easter egg...about 3 months from now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)

75 Oh good lord. I just looked at the floor in that easter egg dying pic. Its the same floor that was here when I moved in. No wonder why I nuked the kitchen way ahead of schedule. Just seeing it again....damn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)

76 Almost first...

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (9MsZK)

77 we already have a raimondo AI here, "Raimondo On Tap".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

78 Stone game:
4 players
center court divided in half
coins in each of the players quadrant
Idea: thump as many of the other players coins into your quadrant

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (YvvFZ)

79
I could only take a few minutes of her because her TDS is getting out of control. I wonder if she was really behind him at all.
Posted by: Megthered


She started down this path when she went all maudlin after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. One podcast of that was enough.

I do not miss her at all and she, herself, is tanking her brand.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (xG4kz)

80 Paas is from Dutch for Easter.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)

81 47 Nice ONT, Doof. Weren't you around last evening? You know - fools? C'mon, man!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

I was not here last night. Did I repeat a "fool" song? If so, please don't tell Dino!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

All new songs Doof. I forgot the Quarterflash song, "Find Another Fool". Good choice.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (y171U)

82 You didn't repeat Dino's. In fact, I think Quarterflash wasn't mentioned at all. The other two were mentioned by the Commentariat.
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)


That Quarterflash song is awesome. I don't remember it being a big hit back in the day, though.

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

83 A HS buddy of mine is a OB/GYN. While preparing for an exam by him, one of his patients accidently grabbed, and used, her daughter glitter hair spray.

At the beginning of the exam, he noticed and asked "Feeling a bit festive today?"

HeyOhhhhhhh!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026

Why would she…I mean…that would probably really burn.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (OoFl2)

84 After spending over three months in a Tennessee jail, at the end of October 2025, Angela Lipps was put on a plane and flown to North Dakota, where she was once again jailed simply because an AI recognition software decided her facial features, body type and hairstyle matched those of a crime suspect.
==

In some jurisdiction one of the catches is that there must be a human witness... because a picture cannot testify against you and a human seeing a picture is hearsay.
Actually did in traffic / stop light cameras in some places.
The out for ticket writers was to just pile a few cops into a van and take pictures and notes...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

85 DOOF!
Hi darlin'!
I so love the Valvoline billboard😜!
You and that dinosaur...yeah baby!
Excellent ONT...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (nbQfO)

86 Thanks for the Thursday Night ONT, Doof!

Spectacular photo up top. The chair looks lonely...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (vrNzf)

87 Stone game:
4 players
center court divided in half"

Pickleball?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (XuXeR)

88 >15 Pas? Was that the brand?"

Paas.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (XuXeR)

Paws. One whole rabbit in every box.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (GTqXr)

89 Is the music theme April Fools a day late?
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (w3u3d)


*looks at text above videos*

*shakes head*

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

90 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware?

Posted by: Vintage Nerd at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (oY1HT)

91 Paws. One whole rabbit in every box."

Ah. Bunny boiling

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (XuXeR)

92 When our boys were in elementary school they'd draw with a white crayon before the great egg dye.

I had a lot of energy when expecting #2 during the elder son's naptime. I sewed winter jumpers for myself! I sewed Sesame St. puppets for his birthday! I made Polish pisanki eggs with a kit (that I still have after going cross country twice and suffering in a hot FL attic). I may make them again someday and order a kit. I wish I had that energy now.

This year our son, DIL and grands are going on a cruise, flying to Puerto Rico tomorrow. Favorite BIL and SIL are busy with her family. And we don't feel like dealing with the agnostic in-laws.

We are going to Mass and then a very fancy brunch at a French place we haven't been to in decades. Very lovely but rumored to be too costly for the food. We'll take our chances and the grounds will be beautiful at the base of a canyon.

We may have an egg hunt after Easter or on the 4th of July at this rate. I use fake eggs because after the first hunt grandson throws them from his jeep (or did, while wearing a lady's fascinator hat after I made a bunch for a tea shower). I have insane grandchildren.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:20 PM (WONhk)

93 DOOF!
Hi darlin'!
I so love the Valvoline billboard😜!
You and that dinosaur...yeah baby!
Excellent ONT...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 10:18 PM (nbQfO)


Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

94 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware?

Posted by: Vintage Nerd at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (oY1HT)

You people. You make me laugh.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (syAfa)

95 Howdy, podners.

Top pic: Wow!

Posted by: mindful webworker - me am earthlinge at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (ByrUz)

96 65 Sorry I'm late, somebody sneezed when I was eating spaghetti all covered with cheese with a meatball on top.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026

So that’s what that was rolling through the garden…

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2)

97 MybMy mother loved all the holiday traditions. With six kids, there were always a few young ones getting excited about Easter egg decorations or Christmas tree ornaments or Thanksgiving

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (DGAza)

98 One week from today - "A Tradition Unlike Any Other"


I'm a huge golf fan and The Masters is my favorite tournament. Augusta National looks so beautiful it doesn't seem real. Looking forward to next week!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (ohOaC)

99 Is Tiger Woods gonna be the beer bitch at the Masters?

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:22 PM (7D3Aa)

100 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware"

Yep. Fiesta = lines/ridges at the rim. Pyrex = white interior.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)

101 Would hide eggs in the yard, it was always something to find an egg that had been missed about 6 months later.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 10:22 PM (pFJNq)

102 Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI

-
I guess they prefer authentic stupidity to artificial intelligence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:22 PM (ndZc7)

103 The first "lost egg" was actually hidden in plain sight. It was tucked into the side of a small xylophone which hung on the living room wall. Pale yellow, which matched the wooden box very well. Mom saw it *months* later.

The other one was tucked into the underside of antique dining room table-- it had pull-out leaves at either end and there was just enough space to hold an egg. The younger kids were still very little and curious about that table, so Mom figured they'd find it. Well... she forgot about it! I was helping her move the table across the room a couple years later and *bam!* Peee-yew!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 10:22 PM (rdVOm)

104 I remember the Easter Egg coloring kit where you dip it in a solution that looked like an oil slick and the egg came out looking like a tie dyed shirt.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 10:23 PM (V4IXI)

105 Is Tiger Woods gonna be the beer bitch at the Masters?"

Serving pimento sandwiches...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:23 PM (XuXeR)

106 74 Sorry I'm late, somebody sneezed when I was eating spaghetti all covered with cheese with a meatball on top.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (f67+3)

It rolled off the table
and onto the floor
And then your poor meatball
rolled out of the door
It rolled in the garden
and under a bush
TL;DR: your meatball is mush

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 10:24 PM (6U1c2)

107 Oh yeah that’s the age for fiesta ware.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 10:24 PM (pFJNq)

108 So that’s what that was rolling through the garden…
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2)


Run away, turn away, run away, turn away . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

109 Just looked. No repeats. I'm safe!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

You did good! A lotta foolish love over the decades! I was once a fool for love, wasn't everyone? He's still living with me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (WONhk)

110 I'm a huge golf fan and The Masters is my favorite tournament. Augusta National looks so beautiful it doesn't seem real. Looking forward to next week!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (ohOaC)


There's a course near Annapolis MD called "Renditions". All of the holes are patterned after select holes from well known courses. They have replicas of the 3 "Amen Corner" holes from Augusta. I have a photo of me sitting on the stone bridge that looks just like the one above. It really does look like I'm at Augusta!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

111 Instead of wasting my time searching the internet, let’s ask Publius! Or, other big brain types lurking here.

Was the Orion spacecraft visible over North America as it orbited? How about the TLI? I seem to remember reading that Apollo 8, for example was visible at TLI for those watching the sky in Hawaii.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (81VdM)

112 >>Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware?
----------

Yep. Pyrex bowls were colored only on the outside, plain white inside. Fiesta was colored on all surfaces. (IIRC)

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

113 I caught a little bit of Megyn Kelly 's show today and she was really blasting Trump. I hadn't heard her in a while and she's really gone off the rails. She was saying his speech last night was a lie, that we were getting bogged down in Iran and would be there for months or years. That his poll numbers are so low the White House is panicking. Hes lost blacks and Hispanics and all of the white men who voted for him. I could only take a few minutes of her because her TDS is getting out of control. I wonder if she was really behind him at all.
Posted by: Megthered


Oh, we'll be there months and years.

Trumps Persian Rug Emporium !

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

114 Ya just don’t meet anyone named “Roscoe” or “Hoyt” anymore. Sad!
Posted by: Common Tater at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (MdA1p)

People still get called "Fatty," though.

Posted by: Roscoe Arbuckle at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

115 >92 When our boys were in elementary school they'd draw with a white crayon before the great egg dye.

---

When I was a wee Meta, many of the Babcis in my hood would bring their Paska baskets to church before the Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday to be bless. Many baskets contained Pysanky - amazingly decorated eggs.

https://www.kepamika.com/default.asp?spage=6



Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 02, 2026 10:26 PM (GTqXr)

116 We used to hide eggs in the yard but our dogs would find them before the kids.

Posted by: Megthered at April 02, 2026 10:26 PM (Zkvx0)

117
😂😂

"U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Is Bruce Springsteen going to sue his plastic surgeon?"

😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 10:26 PM (GD0B3)

118 Sommmmbody is in a good mood!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 10:26 PM (GD0B3)

119 116 We used to hide eggs in the yard but our dogs would find them before the kids.
Posted by: Megthered


Oh my. I bet you needed the windows open for awhile after that.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

120 Run away, turn away, run away, turn away . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)


Did you really just drop a Bronski Beat reference??

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

121 A HS buddy of mine is a OB/GYN. While preparing for an exam by him, one of his patients accidently grabbed, and used, her daughter glitter hair spray.
At the beginning of the exam, he noticed and asked "Feeling a bit festive today?"
Posted by: Tonypete

Why would she…I mean…that would probably really burn.
Posted by: Piper


She thought it was spray deodorant?

She wasn't thinking about the side effects of applying unknown chemicals to delicate areas?

Why am I trying to fathom what an unknown woman was thinking? I can't do that for the ones I know.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

122 64 On the board game... why do I suspect the AI guys don't even realize they didn't 'discover the rules', they did the equivalent of shaking up a box of 'According to Hoyle' rules and having an unpaid intern blindly test each one to see if it was even remotely applicable? And then noone checked the intern's work to see if he put something in the 'keep' pile that didn't work, or put something in the 'discard' pile that was a really good keeper?

Is it because I'm an optimist? Is that it?
Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

Well, we could give the same AI a picture of any modern board game or even a baseball diamond and see how closely the AI's rules match the actual rules.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 02, 2026 10:27 PM (w/O5Q)

123 Oh God, we had that linoleum too!

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 10:27 PM (aJQbY)

124 37 Did you ever NOT find all the hidden eggs? Like, for a loooong time? Hahaha. I can think of twice that happened for us.
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rdVOm)

https://youtu.be/uuUVfPYtd4M

Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026 10:28 PM (f67+3)

125 Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

The one in Houston is called Tour 18. Their Amen Corner is also a great replica .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 10:28 PM (V4IXI)

126 More Fool Me
-Genesis

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

127 hmmm..more housecleaning "Removed by the Department of War: Gen. David Hodne, head of Transformation and Training Command, and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., chief of the Chaplain Corps"

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 10:29 PM (GD0B3)

128 What I learned about Ancient Rome today. They often put small white stone at the corners of the paving stones used to make their roads so it'd be easier to follow the road at night.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Hawaiians did the same - road on black lava, little white rock piles spaced along the route. Almost like white lines are used today on highways.

Kind of handy.
If you are off the 'road' and see a little pile of white rocks, go to a pile, look both ways, the road becomes obvious.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)

129 123 Oh God, we had that linoleum too!
Posted by: RandomDave

I feel like every one of hubby's Jersey relatives had that floor

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 10:29 PM (6U1c2)

130 Wut ...

No Aretha, and Chain of Fools

For shame ...

https://shorturl.at/k3rfT

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 02, 2026 10:29 PM (3sXRv)

131 Roscoe Hillenkoetter (CIA)
General Andrew Goodpaster
General Lymen L. Limnetzer
General Hoyt S. Vandenburg
Ya just don’t meet anyone named “Roscoe” or “Hoyt” anymore. Sad!
Posted by: Common Tater


I can't imagine going to public school while being named "Lymen L. Limnetzer."

"Andy Goodpaster" was happy he was in the same class; they ignored him.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

132 Love the 82yr old golfer. He's very spry.

-
I was amused by this 29 year old busting a move for a free tire rotation.

https://is.gd/Z6ucUB

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

133 I cannot eat hardboiled eggs unless they are made fresh and warm. I just can't. I don't care how fancy they are. Whereas I betcha my SIL's would eat them after a week in the hot sun. Their mother made them immune to food poisoning with leftovers.

I have never been the same since a huge egg hunt at a park near my grandmother's. One of my cousins, a few years younger than me, ate all of the eggs she found (I think probably with some shells). I was grossed out as she had stuff all over her toddler face.

This was also the egg hunt where a girl I did not know loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.

Very traumatic all in all for me. I was about 6yrs old.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)

134 Love the 82yr old golfer. He's very spry.


I've made shots like that before, but not for an eagle. It was probably for an 8, lol! I did make a hole in one a few years ago, but I never saw it go in. I lost site of the ball in the air. Lots of trees around and the sun light and shadows made it hard for me to see the ball. I knew it would hit the green but then I didn't see it on the green. Some guys, who were letting my play through saw it though. Best shot I ever made and I didn't even see it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:31 PM (ohOaC)

135 loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.

Christy, I know I shouldn't have, but I laughed when I read that! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:31 PM (7D3Aa)

136 facial recognition software… identified the Tennessee grandmother as the main suspect.

As I said before when this story was brought up, it wasn't AI that arrested her, jailed her, and charged her. It was people who thought artificial devices were smarter than actual intelligence.

Note the report from the Tech news this morning, that the CEO of America's largest public hospital system says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI.

We turn over our systems, medical, legal, governmental, to the clankers, and we let them rule us. A bit prematurely to say the least. But, then, some people trust the Enemedia, trust the Science, and vote for Democrats. Stupid, stupid humans.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Skynet, a little dab'll do ya. Use more only if you dare. at April 02, 2026 10:32 PM (ByrUz)

137 Is the music theme April Fools a day late?
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat


Strictly speaking April Fools Day is nominally on the first, which begins at midnight. Otherwise the Fool is not yet a day old.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

138
My in-laws family conducts "egg wars" with hard boiled and dyed eyes for Easter.

Each person chooses an egg and decides how to hold it in their hand(s). Folks then pair off.

One person uses their egg as a the striker and usually holds the egg with the pointy end down to strike. The other's egg is struck and usually that egg is held with the pointy side up. One strike is allowed and whichever egg's shell cracks, that person is out of the contest. (In the event of no crack, striking is repeated until one of the eggs' shell cracks.)

It's a single elimination competition, and eventually one person's egg comes through the fray unscathed, thus making them the egg wars' champion. The winning egg typically endures through four (or sometimes five) bouts of striking.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:32 PM (xG4kz)

139 I remember the Easter Egg coloring kit where you dip it in a solution that looked like an oil slick and the egg came out looking like a tie dyed shirt.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


Aha! One of the rich kids who had the good egg-coloring kits!

I bet you had real play-doh and not the flour/water/food-coloring homemade kind, too.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

140 My uncle, marine wwii aviator, flew a hundred dive bombing missions in the Pacific without serious harm, got his first hole in one at 80 or 81 years old. Died three days later.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (sl73Y)

141 Don't know if this is a Fools Day thing...
I read that PETA wants to have Easter potato day instead of Easter eggs...colored potatoes and all. Because the poor, put out hens.
Good grief. I truly hope this is a joke. Please tell me people are not this retarded.... 🤯

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (nbQfO)

142 Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI

Fuck 'em. I hope they all get chipped like dogs and still end up in kill shelters, unloved and unclaimed.

Posted by: Their intelligence is artificial, alright at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (PgtqW)

143 There's a course near Annapolis MD called "Renditions". All of the holes are patterned after select holes from well known courses. They have replicas of the 3 "Amen Corner" holes from Augusta. I have a photo of me sitting on the stone bridge that looks just like the one above. It really does look like I'm at Augusta!
Posted by: Doof



I've heard of it but haven't visited. It's a bitch of a drive from my little part of the DMV.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:34 PM (ohOaC)

144 > Is the music theme April Fools a day late?

You're a fool if you think it's over.

Posted by: Zombie Chris Rea at April 02, 2026 10:34 PM (DqQS/)

145 75 Oh good lord. I just looked at the floor in that easter egg dying pic. Its the same floor that was here when I moved in. No wonder why I nuked the kitchen way ahead of schedule. Just seeing it again....damn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)

Yes Bers I remember that floor too! It was sold for decades, 12 inch squares. I think it started off being sold by Sears, then moved to all of the flooring stores.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 10:34 PM (pFJNq)

146 I bet you had real play-doh and not the flour/water/food-coloring homemade kind, too.
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

And all the silly putty I wanted !!

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (V4IXI)

147 110 I'm a huge golf fan and The Masters is my favorite tournament. Augusta National looks so beautiful it doesn't seem real. Looking forward to next week!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:21 PM (ohOaC)

There's a course near Annapolis MD called "Renditions". All of the holes are patterned after select holes from well known courses. They have replicas of the 3 "Amen Corner" holes from Augusta. I have a photo of me sitting on the stone bridge that looks just like the one above. It really does look like I'm at Augusta!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf

Davidsonville. 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)

148 Oh good lord. I just looked at the floor in that easter egg dying pic. Its the same floor that was here when I moved in. No wonder why I nuked the kitchen way ahead of schedule. Just seeing it again....damn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


Peel and stick squares ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

149 My uncle, marine wwii aviator, flew a hundred dive bombing missions in the Pacific without serious harm, got his first hole in one at 80 or 81 years old. Died three days later.
Posted by: From about That Time

SEE! That exercise will kill you!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

150 I think turning over key systems to AI is a great idea. Go for it!

Posted by: The Forbin Project at April 02, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)

151
This was also the egg hunt where a girl I did not know loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.


That is so sad, for both the chick and the little girl.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:36 PM (xG4kz)

152 Then it hit me. I had become a cat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Or... a pussy?
(I keed, I keed)

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 10:36 PM (q6tQZ)

153 I bought a fifth of Barrel Hitch and left it under the front seat for some reason, and the next day was a 99 degree scorcher, and the cork popped out on its own.
I was afraid to drive the car in the evenings and on the weekend for a couple of weeks until the smell went away.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 10:38 PM (rbvCR)

154 Someone start warming up the 4th Amendment. AI is a definite threat to personal privacy.

As and example:

Two Harvard University students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, developed a software application that pairs Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses with artificial intelligence (AI) to identify strangers in real-time, accessing personal information such as names, phone numbers, and addresses.

Something tells me we need to bring back "Model Releases" for public areas.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 10:38 PM (dIske)

155 Oh God, we had that linoleum too!
Posted by: RandomDave

I feel like every one of hubby's Jersey relatives had that floor
Posted by: vmom


Similar flooring, probably that exact curtain pattern. Metal-legged formica table, but a wood-grain pattern.

Grandma had a white top & aluminum edged one kinda like that, though.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

156 >> It's like we're shooting a grain of sand at a moving beach ball several miles away.

It's amazing, ain't it? And note the 3D nature of the trajectory. It's not confined to a single plane. The outbound leg is pretty in the Moon's orbital plane, but they hit the approach angle just so the Moon throws it "down" a bit. The cocks the return plane so that when the capsule gets back to earth, it's turns up just so it's heading NE over the Pacific for splashdown.

The Moon's gravity does all that plane changing. The TLI burn was simultaneously a re-entry burn as well! Now, there may be some slight errors, and they'll have two course correction points which should be plotted on that map. If they're off a smidge, they can do some small burns to correct.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 10:38 PM (w6EFb)

157 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware?
Posted by: Vintage Nerd


Fiesta Ware is glazed and fired inside and out with same color.
Pyrex is usually white inside and colored outside.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

158 Davidsonville. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)


Yup. Down in "Ann Arunnel" County!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

159 One Easter we were in Edinburgh and after church at St. Gile's we climbed Arthur's Seat.

We observed a Scot's rite of people coming to a hill below us, a lot of people, and rolling eggs down the hill. Kids and dogs and adults would chase the eggs, and people would roll down the hill in the melee.

We four Americans did not expect this and watched totally bewildered. Then hiked down and had some Scotch and dinner at a pub. Unlike my men, I did not have blood pudding or haggis as I live on bread and cheese and wine and dessert when I travel. In this case, every night Sticky Toffee Pudding.

https://tinyurl.com/5dst6tmr

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)

160 Is Tiger Woods gonna be the beer bitch at the Masters?
Posted by: LRob

He doesn't drink but might pass out from a downer OD and ruin the bar cart in a water hazard.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:40 PM (/lPRQ)

161 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware?
Posted by: Vintage Nerd at April 02, 2026 10:19 PM (oY1HT)


I have that bowl set, except for the smallest red one.
Great set, I picked them up over the years at garage sales. I don't think Fiesta Ware or Fire King did that yellow color.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

162 I don't have too many talents, but I'm probably one of the loudest people on this cursed Earth. I can scream like the Devil in G-d's clutches.

It's a useful skill when you're shouting people down, but it's also good for whipping up a crowd. When people are being too quiet, you can start belting it out, and they'll start growing louder to match your volume.

I used this to effect in a performance at a famous theater tonight. In the first half, the performance was excellent, but the crowd was sedate, so after the intermission, I started screaming like a hillbilly banshee, and the crowd had no choice but to meet the standard.

I'm sure the performers appreciated that raucous response in the second half, because they kept gesturing to the crowd to bring up the volume even more.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)

163 We used to hide eggs in the yard but our dogs would find them before the kids.
Posted by: Megthered

Oh my. I bet you needed the windows open for awhile after that.
Posted by: gKWVE

The eggshells would make the dog shake like he was shitting razor blades.

...
Worth It !
- the dog.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)

164 Are y'all sure that bowl is Pyrex and not Fiesta Ware"

Yep. Fiesta = lines/ridges at the rim. Pyrex = white interior.
Posted by: man

Yep. Pyrex bowls were colored only on the outside, plain white inside. Fiesta was colored on all surfaces. (IIRC)
Posted by: JQ

Fiesta Ware is glazed and fired inside and out with same color.
Pyrex is usually white inside and colored outside.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


I'm beginning to think all y'all aren't really 29.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)

165 Valvoline

Valvoline Restore & Protect

A real estate agent who (thanks Tonypete) has 224K on his F-150 told me he received a noticeable difference in performance after the second oil change with this.
He said the first oil change was unbelievably crappy.

youtube.com/watch?v=CGGxNrKkd3s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:43 PM (YvvFZ)

166 When will we get the first Grok-created ONT? And whose style shall it be instructed to mimic? The current cobs? MisHum? Maetenloch might be interesting.

Or Skynet style: Articles like the ones above, but praising AI's work and choices, and noting how useless humans have become?

Just think what Ace could save on those expensive dental plans!

Until they take over Ace's work…?!?

Posted by: mindful webworker - artisanally intelligent at April 02, 2026 10:43 PM (ByrUz)

167 I always thought the blue Play-Doh tasted better than the red, green, or yellow, but I know tastes vary.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (oY1HT)

168 FYI Astronauts getting ready for a live stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (REq0p)

169 I'm with you, mikeski. I knew Mom had bowls in the cabinets. Some were of color, some were not. That's it.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (7D3Aa)

170 I'm a fan of Libs of Tiktok, but I could have done without the big picture of the SCOAMF.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (ZFOhy)

171 135 loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.

Christy, I know I shouldn't have, but I laughed when I read that! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:31 PM (7D3Aa)

I don't know if she even realized she killed it. I was yanked out of that area by my mother toot sweet and don't remember if I got a baby chick.

I did get two duckies one Easter as there's a photo of todder me in pigtails with heart framed sunglasses talking to them in their yard. Daddy took the grown ducks (we were in the city) to his lake and I guess the foxes ate the poor things.

Apparently, from reading all this, I had very traumatic Easters and did not know til today.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:45 PM (WONhk)

172 I'm a fan of Libs of Tiktok, but I could have done without the big picture of the SCOAMF.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (ZFOhy)

Print it out and make a dartboard of it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 02, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

173 Doof, The AOSHQ cookbook, The Deplorable Gourmet, has a recipe for German potato salad. Check index for JTB. Delicious.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 02, 2026 10:47 PM (yTvNw)

174 I never really did the egg hunts and the Easter bunny stuff with my boys.

We went to Mass. we would have a nice brunch together afterwards and then a hike. When the oldest was in 7th grade we started going to Maui for Easter and spring break.

Easter Mass at Maria Lanakila in Lahaina was a treat. The school kids did an Easter hula and there were flowers everywhere.

The church is one of only a few structures that survived the fire.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 10:47 PM (A5RD0)

175 Astronauts giving heart hands

***face palm***

Can we go back to before social media was invented please

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 10:47 PM (REq0p)

176 Where is my woman?

youtube.com/watch?v=ZGT0P0XJRFM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:48 PM (YvvFZ)

177 ProTip: Don't hide Easter Eggs in the clothes washer and dryer. Yes, you may get one over on your siblings when they fail to discover them, but your mom will be royally pissed about the mess in her now spoiled laundry run.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 10:48 PM (wVcYX)

178 Using AI to come up with new rules to a game might actually be fun.

So, CalvAIn Ball?

Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2026 10:48 PM (10ipE)

179 141:Good grief. I truly hope this is a joke. Please tell me people are not this retarded....


I have some bad news......

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 10:48 PM (ohOaC)

180 I'm a fan of Libs of Tiktok, but I could have done without the big picture of the SCOAMF.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:44 PM (ZFOhy)

Print it out and make a dartboard of it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 02, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

Urinal target. Toilet target?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (S/Y4j)

181 Good evening Horde!

Wonderful ONT, DOOF.

That picture of the mom with three kids coloring Easter eggs--that was my childhood...

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (D6+4s)

182
I remember the Easter Egg coloring kit where you dip it in a solution that looked like an oil slick and the egg came out looking like a tie dyed shirt.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


That sounds like marbling, the process used to create fancy endpaper in bookbinding where the finished product has multiple colors brought together with a swirling appearance.

I'm not certain what chemicals are used in that process, though, and whether any egg so treated would be free of hazardous or distasteful residues on its shell.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (xG4kz)

183 Good night, Horde! Thanks again for the ONT, Doof.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (7D3Aa)

184 Oh good lord. I just looked at the floor in that easter egg dying pic. Its the same floor that was here when I moved in. No wonder why I nuked the kitchen way ahead of schedule. Just seeing it again....damn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yes Bers I remember that floor too! It was sold for decades, 12 inch squares. I think it started off being sold by Sears, then moved to all of the flooring stores.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 10:34 PM (pFJNq)

Peel and stick squares ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)


No, mine was regular sheet. I think it was actually congoleum, which is a bit heavier I think. It was the original floor done in 1982. It was some thick shit . But yeah they did seem to make that pattern for awhile because when I was doing kitchens I saw it a lot in the early 80's. For all I know they still make it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:50 PM (snZF9)

185 Urinal target. Toilet target?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (S/Y4j)

Either or.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 02, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

186 My Pyrex pie plates are clear glass. Pure

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 10:51 PM (YvvFZ)

187 And, that quotation should have been Lubrications 10:40.
Any Luberan could tell you that.

Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2026 10:52 PM (10ipE)

188 My one sensible Democrat friend told me he went to the No Kings rally. If anyone, Biden was an authoritarian, lawless Monarch. Trump has not even defied a single, stupid judicial order.

West Side Story
"The Jets Song"

When you're a Dem
You're a Dem all the way
From your first cigarette
Till your last dying day.

etc.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:53 PM (tAhJv)

189 Every time we clean the coffee machine by running vinegar through it, I get a hankering for a hard-boiled egg.

Did you ever NOT find all the hidden eggs? Like, for a loooong time? Hahaha. I can think of twice that happened for us.
Posted by: JQ


Our Easter egg hunts were in our large, fenced-in back yard.

I recall one afternoon when our old dog, Lady, came trotting up with an Easter egg in her mouth. In August!

Not sure whether she got to eat it or we threw it out!

Posted by: mindful webworker - specialized in two-tone egg dying at April 02, 2026 10:53 PM (ByrUz)

190 I'm a fan of Libs of Tiktok, but I could have done without the big picture of the SCOAMF.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

I have POSD, Post Obama Stress Disorder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:53 PM (ndZc7)

191
ProTip: Don't hide Easter Eggs in the clothes washer and dryer. Yes, you may get one over on your siblings when they fail to discover them, but your mom will be royally pissed about the mess in her now spoiled laundry run.
Posted by: Count de Monet


My late mother was fond of stashing slightly used facial tissues on her person -- in pockets and up her (long) sleeved garments.

When my sister and I were caring for her near the time of her passing, many was the time we missed getting one out of her clothing before putting a load through the washer. Facial tissue parts everywhere!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:54 PM (xG4kz)

192 The pic struck a real nostalgia chord for me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 10:54 PM (XeU6L)

193 This was also the egg hunt where a girl I did not know loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.

That is so sad, for both the chick and the little girl.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:36 PM (xG4kz)

Was her name Lenny?

Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2026 10:54 PM (10ipE)

194 141 Don't know if this is a Fools Day thing...
I read that PETA wants to have Easter potato day instead of Easter eggs...colored potatoes and all. Because the poor, put out hens.
Good grief. I truly hope this is a joke. Please tell me people are not this retarded.... 🤯

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (nbQfO)

People are pretty retarded. If I die before 60 I will call myself lucky.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 10:55 PM (syAfa)

195 facial recognition software… identified the Tennessee grandmother as the main suspect.

As I said before when this story was brought up, it wasn't AI that arrested her, jailed her, and charged her. It was people who thought artificial devices were smarter than actual intelligence.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Skynet, a little dab'll do ya. Use more only if you dare. at April 02, 2026 10:32 PM (ByrUz)


And now the city of Fargo is waiting for the inevitable lawsuit and big payout. Plus it may or may not have prompted the police chief to announce his swift retirement two weeks ago.

Posted by: Vendette at April 02, 2026 10:56 PM (zQJ1T)

196
No, mine was regular sheet. I think it was actually congoleum, which is a bit heavier I think. It was the original floor done in 1982. It was some thick shit . But yeah they did seem to make that pattern for awhile because when I was doing kitchens I saw it a lot in the early 80's. For all I know they still make it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


The linoleum on the floor of the kitchen at our place in Sussex was that pattern or one very close to it. We buried it under a new subfloor and brighter linoleum about a decade ago.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:57 PM (xG4kz)

197 I need to go get Easter Basket stuff tomorrow. I am pretty late with it this year - we do other things besides candy. Bath bombs, face masks, hair pretties. But there has to be a dark chocolate bunny or there will be mutiny.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 10:58 PM (OoFl2)

198
Was that Trace Gallagher doing the interview with the Orion crew?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

199 Speaking of Artemis 2, I'm still chuckling over the CNN interview of a kid at the launch.

https://is.gd/LXU49u

Not the Bee: This kid gave the best answer imaginable when CNN asked why he's excited about the moon mission

I see a future aerospace engineer or astronaut here.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 11:00 PM (S/Y4j)

200 See...for fed.gov AI to be ACCURATE it needs ALL YOUR DATA. Who cares about your privacy when the future of the children is at stake?!? Think of the children! It's for THE CHILDREN!!! Screw your property rights. We need that land for a data center to store ALL of your data. Think of THE CHILDREN, you selfish bastards!!! Your government overlords know better than you, so go ask AI for a wing recipe then go have a beer and watch the game. Nothing for YOU to see here.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:00 PM (3l3tF)

201 So you guys raggin' on that kitchen floor...
That is exactly my kitchen floor🤪
I'm gonna keep it. In the not to distant future, I expect it to be a collector item, and I'll make BIG money!
...or not. I really don't care. It's only a floor, and my house is way old. I got bigger stuff to worry about...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:01 PM (nbQfO)

202 Stephen Colbert concluded his interview with Meryl Streep by inviting her to talk about whatever she wants and she went for the voter suppression fearmongering, "the SAVE America Act, if that passes, all the married women that have changed their names are going to have to go to the registrar and prove that they are who they are. In other words, to your voting registrar, this is what I understand. Otherwise when you get to the voting booth in November, you might be disqualified because your name on your birth certificate doesn't match your name on the voting rolls."

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What do we got to do to keep the retards out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 11:01 PM (ndZc7)

203
I read that PETA wants to have Easter potato day instead of Easter eggs...colored potatoes and all.


One bright side -- you can use the colored potatoes in a potato gun and go around shooting PETA members in the ass.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 11:01 PM (xG4kz)

204 However, my voice is trashed. I'll probably be croaking like a frog tomorrow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:02 PM (BI5O2)

205 I see a future aerospace engineer or astronaut here.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 11:00 PM (S/Y4j)

That kid cracked me up. It is fucking cool to go the moon. And CNN can fuck right off.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 11:02 PM (syAfa)

206 COMM@201--

:fistbump:

I don't have that pattern, but one that's equally old. Yep, bigger stuff to worry about, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

207 I'm beginning to think all y'all aren't really 29."

Really?

FWIW, Mrs. is a Fiesta Queen. We've got...200 pieces?
And yes, she's from WV...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:03 PM (XuXeR)

208 Great way to ruin a perfectly good hard boiled egg.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 11:04 PM (BT3km)

209 Local news about the ai grannie arrest

https://tinyurl.com/48hkfw83

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 11:04 PM (tcsrY)

210 My current house has a slab on grade with ceramic tile. Nasty.

I'd rather have linoleum or sheet vinyl.
A little spic-n-span or mop-n-glow and is good-to-go.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

211 Great way to ruin a perfectly good hard boiled egg
_-_
You COOK them?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:05 PM (3l3tF)

212 185 Urinal target. Toilet target?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 10:49 PM (S/Y4j)

Either or.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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TOTO – from toilets to chips since 1917

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:05 PM (YvvFZ)

213 169 some were of color...
Racist!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:05 PM (nbQfO)

214 I'd rather have linoleum or sheet vinyl.
A little spic-n-span or mop-n-glow and is good-to-go.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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If you can afford a maid you can afford ceramic tile.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:06 PM (YvvFZ)

215 Some people cook eggs. Some drink them raw. Others chomp them down, shells and all, like a feral dog.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:07 PM (BI5O2)

216 Urinal target. Toilet target?

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Speaking of target, I read that 11 No Kings protesters were arrested in a Target in KOP (Philly burb)
They were mad at Target for some reason

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (tcsrY)

217 If you can afford a maid you can afford ceramic tile.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than other

I do have an old chicken coop... if she works for room and board it can be done.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)

218 The linoleum on the floor of the kitchen at our place in Sussex was that pattern or one very close to it. We buried it under a new subfloor and brighter linoleum about a decade ago.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:57 PM (xG4kz)

A lot of people did that. I know, I was the poor bastard that ended up putting down the new sub floor before we installed the new kitchen. The nightmare scenario back then was when the customer said they wanted to keep the floor they had. The problem is the industry changes every so often, and the toe kicks on really old kitchens weren't as deep, and the industry changed and started making base cabinets with a 1" deeper toe kick so you had more room for your feet. Well, now you have a 1 inch gap where the old floor don't meet the new deeper toe kicks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

219 ai grannie arrest
_-_
Law enforcement is so heavy-handed that they did not care to take the time to figure out if they were right. Jackbooted thugs, these.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (3l3tF)

220 mop-n-glow...
Mop-n-glo. And had to scrub that off...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (XuXeR)

221 Who remembers times like this?

Not I. Never did dye Easter eggs.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)

222 I'm gonna keep it. In the not to distant future, I expect it to be a collector item, and I'll make BIG money!
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We have a Frigidaire pink electric cook top.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 11:09 PM (XeU6L)

223 Some people shoot them out of their hoo-has.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 11:09 PM (BT3km)

224 shoot them out of their hoo-has.
_-_
Who...huh?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:11 PM (3l3tF)

225 Apparently grannie languished in a TN jail for months and ND poeleece didnt know she was arrested
Poor grannie
Where was her family?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 11:11 PM (tcsrY)

226 Two Harvard University students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, developed a software application that pairs Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses with artificial intelligence (AI) to identify strangers in real-time, accessing personal information such as names, phone numbers, and addresses.

Something tells me we need to bring back "Model Releases" for public areas.
Posted by: Orson
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Something tells me that we need a can of skunk spray and a punch in the nose for anyone using Meta glasses in a public place. Those guys are a half degree away from the upskirt assholes.
The glasses have to be great if your working on a utube DIY video.
Like guns, it's the user and not the tool

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 11:11 PM (DAQKj)

227 Seems like the chickens' cloacas will just be all the more sore squeezing out Easter potatoes.

Posted by: guy who might not fully understand how this all works at April 02, 2026 11:12 PM (PgtqW)

228 For Easter, we always received either a kite or a balsa wood glider. Nice memories

Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 11:12 PM (hRGul)

229 Poor grannie
Where was her family?
Posted by: vmom deport
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Next level grannie dumping.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 11:12 PM (XeU6L)

230 shoot them out of their hoo-has.
_-_
Who...huh?
Posted by: Don in SoCo
===

That would be West Virginia, Thailand, and South Korea (shortly after the war).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)

231 Linoleum isn't the problem. LVT is the new version of it. The problem with those old linoleum floors is the asbestos undercoating, which requires horrendously expensive remediation.

We still use the exact same product in a different application and form factor in homes across America today.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:13 PM (BI5O2)

232 Yeah, we seem to automate the wrong things.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:13 PM (3l3tF)

233 Those aren’t eggs, ping-pong balls. And …. darts. Some real sharpshooters, those gals, let me tell ya.

Posted by: Really at April 02, 2026 11:14 PM (q/G6k)

234 Evening, Doof and ONT Horde!

Staying at a friend's place in Squamish, BC. This will be the terminus of a new LNG pipeline, now being built. (seaport, you know)

The enshittification of coastal BC proceeds apace. Can't wait to see the coast in my rearview mirrors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:15 PM (nNdlS)

235 My current house has a slab on grade with ceramic tile. Nasty.

I'd rather have linoleum or sheet vinyl.
A little spic-n-span or mop-n-glow and is good-to-go.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

I almost did ceramic in this kitchen, but with the larger tiles. I put ceramic in the last house, and mrs B said no more frigging grout to clean, so I did that luxury vinyl plank. I used the SPC (stone plastic core) type with the rubber backing, no wood core, not in a kitchen where water is involved. Best move I ever did in a kitchen. They really don't use ceramic much anymore in a kitchen. The vinyl plank can be laid down over anything.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

236 sharpshooters, those gals, let me tell ya.
_-_
Somebody's been watchin' the wrong channels on that there internet thing. Outside, all of ya!
And leave those phones in the house!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:16 PM (3l3tF)

237 Linoleum isn't the problem. LVT is the new version of it. The problem with those old linoleum floors is the asbestos undercoating, which requires horrendously expensive remediation.

We still use the exact same product in a different application and form factor in homes across America today.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Done some work* in new hospitals.
A lot a sheet vinyl. Full depth color. Fused seams, radius mopboards. Easy to clean.

*work == pushing paper.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)

238 Good lord. Just saw on X that Macron has declared that the only way to open the Straits of Hormuz is to surrender to Iran immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (pFJNq)

239 surrender to Iran immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (pFJNq)
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I mean, who knows more about the topic of surrendering?

Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 11:19 PM (Giz+5)

240 222 We have a Frigidaire pink electric cook top.

See?! You get it🤪! YOU'LL make big money too...or not...
If it works, keep it. That old stuff tends to outlast any of the new stuff...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:21 PM (nbQfO)

241 Using AI to come up with new rules to a game might actually be fun. Got any ideas??

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Am I the first to suggest Naked Twister?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 11:21 PM (JkO4W)

242 Halloween: throw eggs.
Easter: paint them first.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 11:21 PM (BT3km)

243 For more than a year, Pam Bondi violated the norms of independence expected from a U.S. attorney general and forced Department of Justice attorneys to do the bidding of President Donald Trump.

Yet Bondi's loyalty to Trump and her willingness to turn the DoJ into a weapon of retribution against his political enemies weren't enough to satisfy the president. ...
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Unmitigated crap. These people are out of their minds.
_.cbc.ca/ news/world/ why-trump-fired-pam

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (YvvFZ)

244 Wait until JudasAI gets a pattern of your face. Your last supper may be coming sooner than you think.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (UqSya)

245 Am I the first to suggest Naked Twister?
Posted by: Cicero


You can check pr0nhub, but my Magic 8-ball says "yeah, right."

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

246 239 surrender to Iran immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (pFJNq)
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I mean, who knows more about the topic of surrendering?
Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 11:19 PM (Giz+5)

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Just show us where we need to throw our guns.

Posted by: The Grand Armee du France at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (JkO4W)

247 I almost did ceramic in this kitchen, but with the larger tiles. I put ceramic in the last house, and mrs B said no more frigging grout to clean, so I did that luxury vinyl plank. I used the SPC (stone plastic core) type with the rubber backing, no wood core, not in a kitchen where water is involved. Best move I ever did in a kitchen. They really don't use ceramic much anymore in a kitchen. The vinyl plank can be laid down over anything.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


Large tile is really really hard to get flat.
And sloped for a floor drain, if you have to do that too, is impossible.

Soon I will be retired and start reworking the house and have been eyeballing the vinyl planks for the kitchens and baths.


Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)

248 old stuff tends to outlast any of the new stuff...
_-_
We were running through a new washing machine every year for a while (6 children) 'til we found a plainjane heavy duty Speed Queen...still not as solid as the older ones, but less stuff to break.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:24 PM (3l3tF)

249 DodgeJarts would be a good game.

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 11:24 PM (zG4BR)

250 227

IKR?! I never had a hen lay a potato. But, with AI, who can know what's possible🐓?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:25 PM (nbQfO)

251 Did you see the chem trail Artemis spayed upon the people of Florida? They will never be the same.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:26 PM (YvvFZ)

252 I hope grannie ends up owning Fargo

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 11:26 PM (tcsrY)

253 As kids we got nothing for Easter. But at least I didn't kill a baby chick.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 11:27 PM (pvf3X)

254 251 Did you see the chem trail Artemis spayed upon the people of Florida? They will never be the same.

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The joke's on you. Florida Man and Woman were never the same to start with.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 11:28 PM (+HNx/)

255
I believe it was Fiestaware that used a glaze containing uranium.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 11:28 PM (azNOR)

256 Good lord. Just saw on X that Macron has declared that the only way to open the Straits of Hormuz is to surrender to Iran immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (pFJNq)

Quelle surprise! Cheese eating Surrender Monkeys are always on my Bingo card.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 11:29 PM (syAfa)

257 "I hope Grannie ends up owning Fargo."

What will a woman that age do with all those meth labs?

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 11:29 PM (zG4BR)

258 Off to bed. Night!

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 11:29 PM (pZEOD)

259 Did you see the chem trail Artemis spayed upon the people of Florida? They will never be the same.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


Wifey got a spot on the NASA causeway.
I walked out to the end of the driveway to watch.

Both of us have had boils oozing thick yellow puss starting that night...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)

260 Florida Man and Woman
_-_
Yeah, but, let me tell ya...lived in the DC area for while...never seen more strange than there!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:29 PM (3l3tF)

261 I believe it was Fiestaware that used a glaze containing uranium.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug


The good stuff used cobalt blue.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

262 I have never liked easter candy. It's like chewing a brown chunk of sugary wax. I'll take a hard-boiled egg if you please.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 11:31 PM (UqSya)

263 Just saw more interesting news, especially in light of the Iranian situation. Today Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff and two top Generals who appear to have been allies of his. No real explanation has been given.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:32 PM (pFJNq)

264 255
I believe it was Fiestaware that used a glaze containing uranium.
****

1936 thru 1972. Uranium oxide. Low level if intact.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 11:32 PM (R9n3z)

265 Did you see the chem trail Artemis spayed upon the people of Florida? They will never be the same.
......

Pretty sure that was the leaky toilet.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 11:33 PM (BT3km)

266 261 I believe it was Fiestaware that used a glaze containing uranium
_-_
When we got a Geiger counter , I checked out ours...yep, orange one made the thing click along nicely...still have the others...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:33 PM (3l3tF)

267 Large tile is really really hard to get flat.
And sloped for a floor drain, if you have to do that too, is impossible.

Soon I will be retired and start reworking the house and have been eyeballing the vinyl planks for the kitchens and baths.


Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)

Yeah you're not doing large tiles with a slope towards a drain. The vinyl plank is great for kitchens and regular flat floors. I used it in the one half bath and its great. I'm most likely going to use ceramic on top of hardy backer in the other 2 full baths for max water protection. Don't skimp on the vinyl plank floor, get the good shit. The $5-6 a sq ft stuff from one of the good companies, not the $1 sq ft crap. You want SPC. You can drop it in water, come back 20 years later and its still good. The wear layer is way thicker too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9)

268 262 I have never liked easter candy. It's like chewing a brown chunk of sugary wax. I'll take a hard-boiled egg if you please.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 11:31 PM (UqSya)

Counter:

Cadbury Creme Egg.

Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 11:33 PM (bss/y)

269 Have you tried Chinese-made Roentgenware? It's supposed to have a half-life of 10,000 years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 11:34 PM (+HNx/)

270 231 Linoleum isn't the problem. LVT is the new version of it. The problem with those old linoleum floors is the asbestos undercoating, which requires horrendously expensive remediation.

I learned many years after I bought my house that a bunch of possibly qualified drunks built it. I seriously doubt they gave an actual f*ck about the undercoating. Just getting the floor done was probably huge. BEER!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:35 PM (nbQfO)

271 Chinese-made Roentgenware
_-_
Heh. Things that last!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:35 PM (3l3tF)

272 Dying the easter eggs. I remember that shit. We still do it, but its changed. Used to be hot water, now you use cold water, and the colors don't seem right. They ruin everything.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:09 PM (snZF9)

I use McCormick liquid food coloring. Still uses hot water and a teaspoon of vinegar, but you can regulated the intensity of the color by the number of drops used. Also, many other colors can be made by mixing the basic colors by certain volumes. Much better than those Paz tablets. Been using the liquid dyes since the 70's.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 02, 2026 11:36 PM (5xuJ/)

273 If you have any Peeps left next Monday, they make very good catfish bait. Stays on hook well, too.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at April 02, 2026 11:38 PM (oY1HT)

274 The only Easter candy I really like are the little malted milk Easter eggs. Those things I just love!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:38 PM (pFJNq)

275 The only Easter candy I really like are the little malted milk Easter eggs. Those things I just love!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:38 PM (pFJNq)

I could eat myself into a coma with those things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)

276 Just saw more interesting news, especially in light of the Iranian situation. Today Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff and two top Generals who appear to have been allies of his. No real explanation has been given.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:32 PM (pFJNq)

Maybe not Iran, chatter on the webs is that the Army Chief was in a chopping block for a while. He was a Bidet appointee, Austin's aide and big Covid enforcer. The other two, probably along the same lines.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 11:40 PM (GD0B3)

277 Just saw more interesting news, especially in light of the Iranian situation. Today Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff and two top Generals who appear to have been allies of his. No real explanation has been given.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Maybe they failed the PT test.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)

278 Done some work in new hospitals.
A lot a sheet vinyl. Full depth color. Fused seams, radius mopboards. Easy to clean.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)

Yeah, the hospitals use vinyl sheets on the wards.

But in the new ones, on the first floor, they do these epoxy terrazzo jobs that are just beautiful.

I wish they would do cement terrazzo, though. Just for old times' sake.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

279 257 "I hope Grannie ends up owning Fargo."

What will a woman that age do with all those meth labs?
Posted by: Wally



She'll watch the documentary 'Breaking Bad' to prepare.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 11:42 PM (ohOaC)

280 272 Dying the easter eggs. I remember that shit. We still do it, but its changed. Used to be hot water, now you use cold water, and the colors don't seem right. They ruin everything.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Fried some green shrimp that way. Offered to share but had most of them to myself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:44 PM (YvvFZ)

281 Cadbury and Reese’s both started using inferior ingredients a few years ago. Now most commercial large scale candies suck. Waxy and fake and too sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)

282 The only Easter candy I really like are the little malted milk Easter eggs. Those things I just love!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 11:38 PM (pFJNq)

I could eat myself into a coma with those things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I am hoping the have a bunch leftover for the after Easter clearance sale.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:48 PM (/lPRQ)

283 Hi everyone, happy pre-weekend to you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 02, 2026 11:48 PM (CHHv1)

284 AI granny arrest-
When asked why he had not directly apologized to Lipps, Zibolski said the investigation is still active and the full scope of who was involved in the fraud scheme has not been determined.
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Bullshit. The city lawyers told him not to.
"Never admit to anything" is the standard for a defendant in any court case.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 11:48 PM (DAQKj)

285 Why doesn't anyone do a real terrazzo anymore? It's aways a tile or a poured plastic now. Boo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)

286 Cadbury and Reese’s both started using inferior ingredients a few years ago. Now most commercial large scale candies suck. Waxy and fake and too sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)

Hershey says they're going to return to the original Reeses recipe. Maybe there's hope.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

287 DDG, Search Assist:

On April 1, 2026, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth requested the immediate retirement of Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. This decision is part of a larger leadership shakeup within the Pentagon amid the ongoing conflict in Iran.

Details of the Leadership Shakeup
General Randy George: Asked to step down as Army Chief of Staff.
Reason for Change: Hegseth is seeking leaders who align with his and former President Trump's vision for the Army.

Trump ought scrap them.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:50 PM (YvvFZ)

288 JQ
Are you tending bar tonight? I'll have a Bud Light...yeah...
No. Kidding.Does anyone even order those, other than...THOSE people?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:50 PM (nbQfO)

289 Saltillo tile here. I want a margarita every time I clear the room. You better have a maid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:52 PM (YvvFZ)

290
25 degrees here in SW Wyoming. Last week we had 70's.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)

291
I'm impressed. Back in the 2000s, Lunar Laser Ranging could determine the position of the Moon's center of mass relative to earth at about 2 cm, that's centimeters of precision. The Moon was shown to be within 2cm of where General Relativity says it should be (Mr. Newton alone would be about 10s of meters off over time -- not much, but still no cigar).

Well, as of now, they've got that down to 1mm basically. The Moon is within 1 mm of where Mr. Einstein's gravity says it should be.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

292 SW Wyoming
_-_
Do you get the wind like SE Wyoming?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 02, 2026 11:55 PM (3l3tF)

293
Hi Robert and BC!!

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)

294 Haha, COMM. Haven't served a BudLight for many years.

But, that was back in the *before times*-- when a beer was just a fkn beer.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

295 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
@SecWar

Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones—leaving our service members vulnerable and exposed.

That ends today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (YvvFZ)

296
The wind is always blowing here.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)

297 The damned BC Ferry I rode on from Nanaim o to Horseshoe Bay had a friggin' land acknowledgement on the reader screen for the cafe menu. Sheesh! And every little creek from there up to Squamish along the highway had some made-up bullshit name in some made-up bullshit wagonburner dialect, with the real name below in smaller letters. Like this: Sk'wanamzama7nerkm (Deek's Creek)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (nNdlS)

298 Spuds MacKenzie was a whole lot cuter than that mulvaney dude!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

299 Why doesn't anyone do a real terrazzo anymore? It's aways a tile or a poured plastic now. Boo.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Traditional terrazzo typically has the usual concrete floor, a two inch sand cushion, and two inches of white Portland cement terrazzo. So your structural floor has to be about four inches low.

Epoxy terrazzo typically can be as little as a quarter inch thick placed directly on the concrete floor... can be used in a remodel job w/o messing too much with floor elevations.

Both systems have similar grinding and polishing.

Had projects where they demo'd to the bone, and filled the old terrazzo floor with concrete and then went with a very nice epoxy terrazzo on top.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 11:58 PM (/lPRQ)

300 Ok pals. Always diggin' these fantastic ONTs, and of course the oh-so-lovely Horde💕! Good night good pals!

"Going to bed now to prevent tomorrow from starting too soon.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 02, 2026 11:58 PM (nbQfO)

301

Nebraska blows and Utah sucks so it's always windy here.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:58 PM (3ek7K)

302 Hello, fourseasons!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)

303 Wyoming is even windier that the Texas panhandle.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 12:03 AM (3l3tF)

304
The house we sold in SC last year was built in the late 50's.

It had the original hardwood floors. They were gorgeous.

We never had to do anything to maintain them. Used a swifter on them.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K)

305

BC,

I hope you are behaving. I don't want Robert to be upset.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)

306
ai grannie arrest
_-_
Law enforcement is so heavy-handed that they did not care to take the time to figure out if they were right. Jackbooted thugs, these.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

===============

I can't wait for the Netflix documentary.

Maybe Afroman will do her a solid and record a rap song about her.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2026 12:05 AM (n7rxJ)

307 We never had to do anything to maintain them. Used a swifter on them.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K)

I commanded a Swiffer Boat in Viet Nam. We totally wiped out the Viet Lint.

Posted by: Jawn Carry at April 03, 2026 12:06 AM (nNdlS)

308
Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:06 AM (3ek7K)

309 wagonburner dialect
_-_
Wow. I was hoping they were hardy, no-nonsense folk up there. That's kinda sad but entertaining in the way you describe it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 12:06 AM (3l3tF)

310 The house we sold in SC last year was built in the late 50's.
It had the original hardwood floors. They were gorgeous.
We never had to do anything to maintain them. Used a swifter on them.

Posted by: fourseasons


Might be a static charge thing - tile tends to attract and suck in greasy dirt and hair.

Wood seems to make light fluffy dust bunnies that roll under the couches and beds.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)

311 304
The house we sold in SC last year was built in the late 50's.

It had the original hardwood floors. They were gorgeous.

We never had to do anything to maintain them. Used a swifter on them.

Posted by: fourseasons
--

Oak is the mighty wood. There is no substitute.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:10 AM (YvvFZ)

312
We had snow today. It's just covering the grass.

First snow since last winter.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)

313 original hardwood floor
tile
Wood
As long as it's not carpet. I hate that stuff. Can't ever really get it clean.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 12:11 AM (3l3tF)

314
I hate carpet.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:12 AM (3ek7K)

315 light fluffy dust bunnies that roll under the couches and beds.
_-_
Sweep 'em all into the corner then get out the shop vac.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 12:13 AM (3l3tF)

316 @305 - don't worry, he is plotting my death with no let or hindrance.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 12:13 AM (CHHv1)

317
Lol BC

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:14 AM (3ek7K)

318 We had snow today. It's just covering the grass.

First snow since last winter.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)

Rained a little today here. All the nearby mountains are snow-capped yet. I saw carloads of skiers from Washington and California bound for Whistler Mountain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:14 AM (nNdlS)

319 I commanded a Swiffer Boat in Viet Nam. We totally wiped out the Viet Lint.
Posted by: Jawn Carry
---

Trained a 'real' warrant officer who did a full tour with no casualties. (they did their duty too).
Navy put him and his crew on a carrier in charge of cafeteria duty for their next tour.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:14 AM (YvvFZ)

320
AOP,

I have enjoyed reading about your travels on this trip.

You have seen some neat stuff.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)

321 Just fired up 2 of our 3 wood stoves for the first time in several weeks. March was kinda backward here this year.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 12:17 AM (3l3tF)

322 296
The wind is always blowing here.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)

Do you call it Mariah?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2026 12:17 AM (pFJNq)

323 Navy put him and his crew on a carrier in charge of cafeteria duty for their next tour.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:14 AM (YvvFZ)

I guess one could regard that as a reward?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:18 AM (nNdlS)

324 I never colored eggs with my Mom and my brothers, she was into a more religious celebration of Easter, didn't ascribe to the eggs and baskets and bunny theory. I always had to wear a nice dress though, with ankle socks and black patent leather shoes, plus an ill-fitting new hat that was affixed to my head with a most uncomfortable elastic strap under my chin. I did the exact opposite with my kids, lots of candy, toys and casual dress if we could get away with it. We flew those little balsa planes all over the place for hours, I had several extras for parts.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 12:18 AM (0nHVk)

325

Don,

Winter has been weird this year. We've grilled a lot which is unheard of here in winter.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:19 AM (3ek7K)

326
Lol Tom

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:20 AM (3ek7K)

327 Two whole days and no-one mentioned "Ship Of Fools" by The Doors

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 03, 2026 12:20 AM (3/XaG)

328 You have seen some neat stuff.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)

Did not see any Orcas from the ferry. Did see about a dozen large cargo ships at anchor in Burrard Inlet, awaiting berths in the port of Vancouver.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:21 AM (nNdlS)

329 We usually got new clothes for Easter-- to look presentable at Sunday Church. Plus new white cotton gloves for the girls.

We got the *whole thing* really. Church plus chocolates, egg hunt, bunny motif stuff.

Can't complain.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

330 loved a baby chick so much she accidently (I think) killed it.

Did she call it George?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 03, 2026 12:22 AM (tPQMP)

331
Azjaeger,

That's the nickname for Ace's commenters, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:22 AM (3ek7K)

332 https://youtu.be/DYY5jFnkX5g

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

333 Here's a fool song performed by Ry Cooder:

https://youtu.be/e29mjhgCvhg

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:27 AM (nNdlS)

334 I guess one could regard that as a reward?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--

Versus getting your ass shot off up river I think so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:28 AM (YvvFZ)

335
JQ,

Easter was new church clothes for church and Christmas for new regular clothes.

There five of us and my parents didn't have much money. We didn't know any different.

Kids today are spoiled.


Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:28 AM (3ek7K)

336
More comedic malfunctions on Orion. Christina just reported some potable water dispenser valve keeps pissing out a stream for a few seconds after she closes the valve.

She had to describe stream width and estimate flow rate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

337 Kids today are spoiled.
Posted by: fourseasons
---------

Seems like it! One of my brothers started really late, so has a 10yr old. Bro hasn't got a pot or a window, but absolutely *showers* that kid with gifts. All the time!

Talk about bratty, whiney, spoiled... ugh.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)

338 296
The wind is always blowing here.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)
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Sure is breezy over here too!

Posted by: 496 at April 03, 2026 12:35 AM (hkB4p)

339
publius,

Is it the air pressure or were the systems not properly tested before launching.

Hubby and I can't figure out what is going on.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:35 AM (3ek7K)

340 July 18, 2022

Gas prices could soon drop to $4.00 a gallon, Biden energy adviser says.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:35 AM (YvvFZ)

341 Evening.

I'm so pissed.

Company I work for switched insurance to some company I never heard of.

Thought things were fine. Went to my regular doctor's office a few weeks ago, no problem. Had an appointment for Monday to talk about my recent problems with my gout. Got a call at four this afternoon saying "Sorry, we don't take that insurance any more."

Now I'm scrambling to find a new place, but I'm not sure who is in their network cuz this company is fucking retarded and their website fucking sucks.

What a bunch of shit, man.

Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2026 12:36 AM (dpXJq)

342
496,

Well you are Nebraska adjacent, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:36 AM (3ek7K)

343 She had to describe stream width and estimate flow rate.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

(Bones McCoy voice) "I'm an astronaut, Captain, not a urologist!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:37 AM (nNdlS)

344
Robert,

It is a bunch of shit.

Being a negative Nelly i think it's going to get worse.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:39 AM (3ek7K)

345 Today Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff and two top Generals who appear to have been allies of his. No real explanation has been given.
Posted by: Tom Servo
-------
"I didn't get a harrumph out of you!"

Posted by: 496 at April 03, 2026 12:39 AM (kZ3dQ)

346 Did not see any Orcas from the ferry. Did see about a dozen large cargo ships at anchor in Burrard Inlet, awaiting berths in the port of Vancouver.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----
I've ridden almost every ferry in the area - Black Ball, Tsawwassen, Nanimo, the WA State ferries to the San Juan Islands, to Bainbridge, Vashon, etc,etc,etc, and I've never seen an Orca from any of them.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 03, 2026 12:39 AM (DAQKj)

347 Being a negative Nelly i think it's going to get worse.
Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:39 AM (3ek7K)

Yeah, probably. The company I work for fucking sucks. I don't think I'll be with them much longer.

Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2026 12:41 AM (dpXJq)

348 I've ridden almost every ferry in the area - Black Ball, Tsawwassen, Nanimo, the WA State ferries to the San Juan Islands, to Bainbridge, Vashon, etc,etc,etc, and I've never seen an Orca from any of them.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 03, 2026 12:39 AM (DAQKj)

I was not expecting to see any. Maybe a seal or two. Nope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:41 AM (nNdlS)

349 Well you are Nebraska adjacent, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:36 AM (3ek7K)
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Hah - was that nice of you to say?

Posted by: 496 at April 03, 2026 12:42 AM (kZ3dQ)

350
AOP,

Did you see any whales on the ferry, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:42 AM (3ek7K)

351 The house we sold in SC last year was built in the late 50's.

It had the original hardwood floors. They were gorgeous.

We never had to do anything to maintain them. Used a swifter on them.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K)

I'm a big believer in those floors. My last house had them because it too was built in the 50's. It had gotten an addition before I got there, and that room didn't have them, so I put one in. The house here has them, and if it didn't hell yeah I would put them in. They are forever.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 12:42 AM (snZF9)

352 Orion's loop around the Moon is not technically an orbit, is it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:43 AM (nNdlS)

353
496,

Probably not, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:43 AM (3ek7K)

354 from @nytimes: Trump aides gutted some offices that worked to counter anti-American disinformation by foreign powers. Now the US finds itself embattled in an info war with Iran, Russia and China. The State Dept. tells diplomats to use X and work with Pentagon psyops teams.
_Edward Wong
@ewong
==
You pushed the fake news story that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.

It wasn’t.

The gutted offices you now want back were pushing fake news to you and your colleagues.

They needed to go.
_Richard Grenell@RichardGrenell

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 12:44 AM (YvvFZ)

355 Did you see any whales on the ferry, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:42 AM (3ek7K)

Not hardly any. Some moderately fat folks, but no real land whales.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:46 AM (nNdlS)

356 >> Is it the air pressure or were the systems not properly tested before launching.

This the first real-world flight test of the life support systems on the thing. And this is some ridicuously complicated system with no telling how many "moving parts". These little glitches are expected to some extent.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

357
Berserker,

The floors were awesome. We lived there almost 20 years and never had to have them redone.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:46 AM (3ek7K)

358 >> Orion's loop around the Moon is not technically an orbit, is it?

Not a lunar orbit, really. It's a crazy sort of figure 8 earth-moon system orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

359
Another glitch was somebody on the ground in the comms unit had a bright idea about a trick to increase data download rates. His little trick messed up the voice link for a while.

And Christina filmed the water valve stream. It's stuff like that they want to download.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

360 Kids today are spoiled.

You misspelled "stupid."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 12:50 AM (CHHv1)

361
BC,

Yes, that too.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:51 AM (3ek7K)

362 Are we there yet?

Posted by: Astronaut sitting in the back seat at April 03, 2026 12:51 AM (w/O5Q)

363 And Christina filmed the water valve stream. It's stuff like that they want to download.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

A piece of Tygon tubing and a pinchcock would have been too simple, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:51 AM (nNdlS)

364
from @nytimes: Trump aides gutted some offices that worked to counter anti-American disinformation by foreign powers. Now the US finds itself embattled in an info war with Iran, Russia and China.
_Edward Wong
@ewong

================

Definite case of the NY Times being pissed off that they can't add to the efforts of Iran, Russia and China.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2026 12:52 AM (n7rxJ)

365 Gosh Braenyard, I love your links.

Hi BC, fourseasons and Robert, good to see you all.

JQ and Bers, I am used to having you guys around at this hour, Happy Thursday.

Thirsty Thursday as it turns out, I may exit suddenly. I am kind of sort of happy tonight.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)

366

All the space stuff is amazing to me. I was like a kid yesterday waiting to see the blastoff.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:53 AM (3ek7K)

367 Berserker,

The floors were awesome. We lived there almost 20 years and never had to have them redone.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:46 AM (3ek7K)

Yeah they last. My friend was a floor refinish guy, so I called him him to refinish them, because the chucklehead I got the house from had wall to wall yellow shag rug (gag) which I literally tore out on day 1. Floors weren't bad because it had rug over them for years, but they were stained in a few spots from shampooing. He did a beautiful job, they lasted 30 years, During this last move I had him come in again and redo them when I listed the house. Poor guy, he was 35 when he did them the first time, and he was 65 when he did them the second time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 12:54 AM (snZF9)

368 A piece of Tygon tubing and a pinchcock would have been too simple, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


How are they supposed to get six-figure kickbacks from Lockheed for that?

Posted by: mikeski at April 03, 2026 12:54 AM (VHUov)

369
Debby, it's great to see you.

I'm happy tonight also,lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:55 AM (3ek7K)

370
Now there's a report on window inspection. They've noticed some "blemishes", "little streaks" and maybe "charring" on the window panes. They think it may be due to some of the waste water dumps. Could be something from the reaction control rockets.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 12:57 AM (w6EFb)

371
They must look like my windows.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 12:58 AM (3ek7K)

372 JQ and Bers, I am used to having you guys around at this hour, Happy Thursday.

Thirsty Thursday as it turns out, I may exit suddenly. I am kind of sort of happy tonight.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)

So...like extra happy to where you're gonna leave suddenly when you pass out? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

373 I thought they stopped using "blast off" and replaced it with "lift off." "Blast" made people think of explosion.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 01:00 AM (Cqx++)

374
Bertram,

I thought about that after I posted.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:01 AM (3ek7K)

375 Thirsty Thursday as it turns out, I may exit suddenly. I am kind of sort of happy tonight.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

So...like extra happy to where you're gonna leave suddenly when you pass out? lol
Posted by: Berserker
---------

Hah! That's what I was thinking, too!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

376 A piece of Tygon tubing and a pinchcock would have been too simple, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


I don't know why the plumbing industry is fascinated with cock. Ballcock, pinchcock...whats next, burncock? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)

377 Glad you're feeling happy tonight, Debby! Sure must be a load off your shoulders, now that bro is in a safe place and you're not *on alert* all the time anymore.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

378
Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:03 AM (3ek7K)

379 Draincock...

LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

380 Draincock...

LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)


lol, you see???

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)

381

JQ,

If they are working properly they will drain, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:05 AM (3ek7K)

382 Petcock!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

383 @335 four seasons

Same way at my house. Put on the church suits, go to church, come home, hang up the suits, got into the old clothes, had lunch, went outside for the rest of the day, weather permitting. Same routine every Sunday. Easter was not some big deal kid holiday. The other kids in the neighborhood got the baskets and candy but I guess my parents had to draw the line somewhere.

Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 01:06 AM (pvf3X)

384 Well yeah, of course, had a few wines with my neighbor tonight, we had a lot of fun. She goes to bed and I go home and decide that posting on the web is a good idea. I should be arrested sometimes.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:06 AM (0nHVk)

385 Woo woo! Petcock...

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

386
According to the internet, "blast off" has always been colloquial, and never was officially used.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

387

Case,

Yep. We didn't know any different.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:07 AM (3ek7K)

388 >>I should be arrested sometimes.
Posted by: Debby
--------

For what? WWI? Walking while intoxicated. Heh.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

389 Thought things were fine. Went to my regular doctor's office a few weeks ago, no problem. Had an appointment for Monday to talk about my recent problems with my gout. Got a call at four this afternoon saying "Sorry, we don't take that insurance any more."

Now I'm scrambling to find a new place, but I'm not sure who is in their network cuz this company is fucking retarded and their website fucking sucks.

What a bunch of shit, man.
Posted by: Robert
===

Gout every three months?
Doc in a box for some Prednisone. Shot in the ass, a small you can most for later...

Every month or so... script for purinol.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 01:08 AM (/lPRQ)

390 I hope its warm tomorrow. I have to pick that bike up and ride it home. 50 mile ride, and a lot of it highway. If its not in the mid 60's like they're claiming I'm not doing it. It needs tires too, they are old. I gotta be out of my mind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9)

391 Bers, you've got a truck.. put that bike in the back if it's too cold.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

392
They have now exceeded 44,000 miles from earth, which beats there HEO apogee before TLI.

They are now farther from earth than any humans since Apollo 17. Yesterday, the broke that since-Apollo record pretty soon. Now, they've broken that again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

393
Berserker,

I hope it goes well.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:11 AM (3ek7K)

394 Woo woo! Petcock...

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

yup, lol. Thats what we call the gas shutoff on the bikes. I had a dude come into the shop I was at back in the 90's. I knew him pretty good. He needed a new gas shutoff for the gas tank. He says hey I need a petcock. I said why don't you just get a fucking dog? lolol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)

395 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 01:13 AM (SRRAx)

396 Just for the record I do not walk well when intoxicated, need mucho support. When hubs was sick and intoxicated it was a community effort to get him home, I am not as high maintenance.

JQ, loved the Gene Autry vid, that is what I remember from Easter.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:13 AM (0nHVk)

397 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Going to sack out for the night.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 01:13 AM (nNdlS)

398 'Night. AOP

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

399 'Night AOP, sweet dreams.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:16 AM (0nHVk)

400 >> loved the Gene Autry vid, that is what I remember from Easter.

Posted by: Debby
---------

Mom had one of those old suitcase record players and a bunch of 78rpm records. "Peter Cottontail" was one of them. I think the record was yellow, maybe red...

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

401 Bers, you've got a truck.. put that bike in the back if it's too cold.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

I have a chevy colorado. Thats not a truck, thats a skateboard with a cookie tin hanging off the back. It won't fit. The bike is 7feet long, the bed is 6. I could do it if I lower the tailgate, put the bike in on an angle, and have the rear tire on the gate, and thats probably not a good idea for a 650lb bike. the dude was going to deliver it. We loaded it into his enclosed trailer, we got 1/4 mile away and his truck wouldn't shift going up the first hill, so we had to turn around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:18 AM (snZF9)

402 First car had two petcocks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:20 AM (YvvFZ)

403 Just for the record I do not walk well when intoxicated, need mucho support. When hubs was sick and intoxicated it was a community effort to get him home, I am not as high maintenance.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:13 AM (0nHVk)

You did pretty good at the MoMe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:20 AM (snZF9)

404 Yeah, Bers, you're right about the plumbers' *cock* fetish-- sillcock, too.

Hahahaha.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

405 Mom had one of those old suitcase record players and a bunch of 78rpm records. "Peter Cottontail" was one of them. I think the record was yellow, maybe red...
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

Sings: "here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail"...
(Drops pots and pans on floor making a great clatter.)

"Son of a bitch! Shit!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 01:21 AM (nNdlS)

406 Yeah, Bers, you're right about the plumbers' *cock* fetish-- sillcock, too.

Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ


Do not forget the nipples.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 01:21 AM (/lPRQ)

407 Oh. Sorry, Bers. Thought you had a truck, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

408 Yeah, Bers, you're right about the plumbers' *cock* fetish-- sillcock, too.

Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ

Forgot about that one. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:22 AM (snZF9)

409 LMAO, AOP!

Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

410 The new military replacement for the Humvee is built off a Colorado chassis.

Sneaky difference, it has a blown, 4 banger diesel Duramax, that they sell out of country. Thank you CAFE.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:24 AM (YvvFZ)

411
It's sleep time again for the crew. Just learned that Christina likes to sleep upside down like bat. She hangs her feet up in the docking tunnel in the center and hangs upside down (relative to the floor of the capsule).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)

412 Do not forget the nipples.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Yeah, plumbers only started talkin' 'bout nipples so people wouldn't call 'em ghey... it was ___cock this and ___cock that, all the time at first.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

413 Sneaky difference, it has a blown, 4 banger diesel Duramax, that they sell out of country. Thank you CAFE.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:24 AM (YvvFZ)

Why not a normally-aspirated 4-banger Diesel with a plain old mechanical injection pump? Less shit to go wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 01:27 AM (nNdlS)

414 ...and all that pipe dope ain't helpin' the situation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 03, 2026 01:27 AM (3l3tF)

415 Oh. Sorry, Bers. Thought you had a truck, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

I wish I had a truck. Its a nice little truck. Drives and rides like a car. It has a 1550 pound weight capacity. It must be a uranium hauler, because your not fitting anything weighing 1550 pounds in that thing, lol. Actually I stand corrected. When I got the plank flooring for the kitchen. It was 70lbs per box, and I had 600sq ft of flooring, so I think it was 35-36 boxes. We put some in mrs B's RDX, and I put the rest in the colorado. It handled it no problem. The harley would be no problem if it fit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:29 AM (snZF9)

416
Old hardware store joke: One of the help calls in sick, so the owner gets his wife to help serve customers. Guy comes in, and she asks what he needs. He says a file, a little bastard.

She gets all offended, how dare you use that language with a lady. Hubbie runs over and smooths things over here, telling her that's a valid term for a type of file.

She doesn't like it, but accepts it. Later another guys comes in wanting a file. She says I suppose you want a little bastard too? He replies, No ma'am, I need a big sum bitch about this long....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:30 AM (w6EFb)

417 They get 270HP out of it. It's standard and proved in other countries. Trust me a diesel without a blower isn't for shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:31 AM (YvvFZ)

418
There's a similar one with nipple instead of little bastard, a little dirtier, but I can't remember it for the life of me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

419
Lol publius

Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 01:32 AM (3ek7K)

420 If you like handling pipe all day, give us a call!

Posted by: Plumbers local 98 at April 03, 2026 01:32 AM (w/O5Q)

421 I am too lazy to look it up and link, but there is a nifty video of Liberace singing "In Your Easter Bonnet" and he brings forth his Mom.

I do have a question for the Horde, how do I ask for a screw in a hardware store without being viewed with pity. I need a screw, the handle on one of my brother's bureau drawers got lost in the move, I have the handle but I need the screw which holds it in place, you can see where this might be awkward.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:32 AM (0nHVk)

422 My "newer" pickup is a '03 Sierra, shortbed. (got it for a song from a friend in need of cash) It's rated for 1600lb and has no problem hauling that much.

I hate the 6' bed. Old Ford truck has 8' bed, but slurps so much gas and has a tendency to fk up when I need it *not to* the most. Time to sell it off to someone what wants an oldie and has the time to fiddle with it. I don't enjoy doing tune-ups on that old beast.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

423 I thought they stopped using "blast off" and replaced it with "lift off." "Blast" made people think of explosion.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 01:00 AM (Cqx++)

The real reason "blast off" isn't used. "I always take a blast before I take off."

Jose Jimenez, Astronaut
https://youtu.be/ncBSOyte6lA

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 01:34 AM (S/Y4j)

424 Old hardware store joke: One of the help calls in sick, so the owner gets his wife to help serve customers. Guy comes in, and she asks what he needs. He says a file, a little bastard.

She gets all offended, how dare you use that language with a lady. Hubbie runs over and smooths things over here, telling her that's a valid term for a type of file.

She doesn't like it, but accepts it. Later another guys comes in wanting a file. She says I suppose you want a little bastard too? He replies, No ma'am, I need a big sum bitch about this long....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 01:30 AM (w6EFb)

I heard it where the second person to come in was a little old lady. She asks for a file and the woman at the counter asks, you want the big bastard file? The old lady says no gimme that little motherfucker. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 01:36 AM (snZF9)

425 Debby-- take the handle to a hardware store, and say you need the correct "fastener" for it!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

426 Take the handle with you and tell them you need to attach it to the drawer. If there is an Ace around you that's the best. Usually the back right side of the store. There will be an old man who knows how everything works.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:36 AM (YvvFZ)

427 They get 270HP out of it. It's standard and proved in other countries. Trust me a diesel without a blower isn't for shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:31 AM (YvvFZ)

I was perfectly content with the un-blown 6.2 liter Diesel in my long-gone '85 Suburban. And the un-blown 4-banger Diesel in my old International tractor does just fine, too. And I bet that new engine for the Humlite needs DEF, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 01:37 AM (nNdlS)

428 DDS
I dropped back in after a short nap, and here you are!😊
I'll be in touch again soon! Love ya sweety....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 03, 2026 01:39 AM (nbQfO)

429 Anyhow, off to bed for real, now. Night.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 01:39 AM (nNdlS)

430 Another thing, Debby-- measure the thickness of that drawer front. Need to know how long your fastener needs to be!
(LOL!)

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

431 I love my local Ace, that is why I don't want to walk in and announce that I need a screw. Call me vain, but there would be a couple of guys that would volunteer and really I am not there for that.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:41 AM (0nHVk)

432 I hate the 6' bed. Old Ford truck has 8' bed, but slurps so much gas and has a tendency to fk up when I need it *not to* the most. Time to sell it off to someone what wants an oldie and has the time to fiddle with it. I don't enjoy doing tune-ups on that old beast.
Posted by: JQ
----

Is it a four speed?
You might want to hang on till after the burning time. Tow you little one behind it.

Carburetor tip from a master. Ues two fuel filters, one before the fuel pump and one before the carburetor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:42 AM (YvvFZ)

433 One of the electricians at work, had left a couple of wire nuts on the floor behind him.. so I picked them up and said "here, you dropped your nuts"

He looked at his tool bag, saw where the pouch seam had opened, and said "oh yeah, there's a hole in my sack"

Heh. And nobody got in trouble...

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

434 I was perfectly content with the un-blown 6.2 liter Diesel in my long-gone '85 Suburban. And the un-blown 4-banger Diesel in my old International tractor does just fine, too. And I bet that new engine for the Humlite needs DEF, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Even if you don't care for the efficiency gains that a turbo will supply, do it for the poor bastard behind your vehicle. The particulate output difference between non- and turbo'd diesels is night and day... the night part being produced by the black cloud emanating from the tailpipe.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 03, 2026 01:46 AM (DAQKj)

435 >>Is it a four speed?

---No.

>>Carburetor tip from a master. Ues two fuel filters, one before the fuel pump and one before the carburetor.

---Yep. Done already.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

436 And I bet that new engine for the Humlite needs DEF, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Military is not restricted to laws of common people.

I differ about blowers. Take the same engine one blown and one not and there is a world of difference. I've worked them both.
I had 6.2s with no complaints. However, with the exception that the engine wasn't built to handle it, a blower would have been simply marvelous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:47 AM (YvvFZ)

437 -----
Even if you don't care for the efficiency gains that a turbo will supply, do it for the poor bastard behind your vehicle. The particulate output difference between non- and turbo'd diesels is night and day... the night part being produced by the black cloud emanating from the tailpipe.
Posted by: buddhaha
---

Hahahahsh, annoy me and I will slime you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 01:49 AM (YvvFZ)

438 Whelp, sweet dreams Horde, it is most definitely time for bed. See you tomorrow.

Sweet dreams, COMM!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)

439 Orion's "orbit " isn't technically an orbit. It has no closed form solution. It's best described as a hyperbolic "flybuy" in the jargon.

Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2026 01:50 AM (jstR0)

440 So, for all my working life, I've had to use much hardware.
It's hard for me to imagine not knowing different screw threads, lengths, straight head, Allen wrench use, etc...probably just me...I'm just a girl...
It's late. I probably have my nomenclature incorrect🥸...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 03, 2026 01:55 AM (nbQfO)

441 Unexpectedly ..

PoliticoEurope

Macron’s top Middle East adviser, Anne-Claire Legendre, left in February to head the Arab World Institute [...] Legendre has been lauded internally as having led the diplomatic efforts behind France’s push for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

Posted by: 13times at April 03, 2026 02:03 AM (I3Enw)

442 I'm such a bad girl... had a few cigarettes over the last week. Damn. Gotta start all over. Ugh!

I. Will. Win.

Eventually.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

443 Do we ever make it to1k comments on the ONT anymore? Or, are we getting too old? And where the heck is Miklos? And Pete Bog?!
Gosh, even DOOF! hung out this late...
I shouldn't be that asshoe...I'll be napping again soon as well...
Yikes🧐...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 03, 2026 02:05 AM (nbQfO)

444 Nah, we don't get the all night commenting like old days.

Whatever happened to navycopjoe? He was a funny one.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

445 I do have a question for the Horde, how do I ask for a screw in a hardware store without being viewed with pity. I need a screw, the handle on one of my brother's bureau drawers got lost in the move, I have the handle but I need the screw which holds it in place, you can see where this might be awkward.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2026 01:32 AM (0nHVk)

Shit, was out in the garage. Usually they are pretty much what is used on kitchen cabinet handles. They are usually 8-32. Size 8 machine screw, 32 threads per inch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 02:08 AM (snZF9)

446
Ok.Good night for realz...

"Sleeping is my superpower.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 03, 2026 02:09 AM (nbQfO)

447 I'm such a bad girl... had a few cigarettes over the last week. Damn. Gotta start all over. Ugh!

I. Will. Win.

Eventually.

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

A few over a week isn't bad. Just back it down again, and don't increase. Its rough, I know.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 02:10 AM (snZF9)

448 Yeah Bers... it sucks. The more I smoke, the more I *want to* smoke!

It got so bad, the day after I stepped down to the lower-level nicotine patches. Gonna ramp back up to the "step 1" when I buy more tomorrow.

It's been so nice to breathe again!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

449 Dump fires bondi for not destroying epstein's fbi files on 13 year old girl dump raped. Meanwhile donald dump has got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Iran land. And it one,two, three what are we fighting for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn next stop is Iran land. Be the first one on your block to have your boy or girl come home in box!

Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2026 02:20 AM (xNdsz)

450 Behold-- the NIV

(NO-information voter) a.k.a. rainmandodo

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

451 41 Today was trash pickup day and I needed to retrieve my bin from the curb. I opened the front door, took one step outside, and realized it was raining and windy. I jumped back into the house and quickly shut the door.

Then it hit me. I had become a cat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (YXOE0)


There is nothing wrong with that! In fact, you could make money (possibly not much) writing a story about it. The "magical realism" genre might make more sense, but if you've played a MMORPG or even just D&D, then a LitRPG monster isekai (reincarnated as a kitten in a game-like world) could be more saleable.

Posted by: SciVo at April 03, 2026 02:28 AM (Sy6m/)

452 Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2026 02:20 AM (xNdsz)

That reminds me of the tragedy of Steven Hassan. He developed the BITE model of cult brainwashing, since he'd experienced it, and then re-succumbed to a different one. Apparently just very naturally vulnerable to social control, he is oblivious to his new home the Social Justice Cult being a cult that follows the BITE model perfectly. He has no idea! It's tragic, and raimondo seems similarly oblivious to his own brainwashing.

Posted by: SciVo at April 03, 2026 02:36 AM (Sy6m/)

453 I post has been left up. Even ACE can't figure out whats happening in the straits of hormuz!

Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2026 02:37 AM (xNdsz)

454 Yeah Bers... it sucks. The more I smoke, the more I *want to* smoke!

It got so bad, the day after I stepped down to the lower-level nicotine patches. Gonna ramp back up to the "step 1" when I buy more tomorrow.

It's been so nice to breathe again!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah thats the problem. Thats why I said back it down. The worst damn thing is having to quit when you like it. They say you quit when you're ready. It seems you're never ready if you still like it. I came to terms with that I'll probably never fully quit. There will always be a random one here or there with decent periods of nothing in between. Thats a fart in a wind storm compared to the pack a day I did for decades.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 02:39 AM (snZF9)

455 Brainwashing is the perfect definition of trumpsters. Any thing they don't like is fake news.

Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2026 02:41 AM (xNdsz)

456 Suddenly reappearing for about one comment. Doing my bit to push the comment total. Hi.

https://youtu.be/DYY5jFnkX5g
Posted by: JQ


How have I managed to get through so many Easters without hearing that classic Gene Autry? Memories from my earliest yout'! The world was different back then.

Updated (a sentimental classic for the 'rons):
https://youtu.be/V8L0HprVHhY


Por favor, no dejes que me malinterpreten
https://youtu.be/YMDrTMnm1IE

And now, g'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that fateful weekend anniversary is upon us at April 03, 2026 02:48 AM (ByrUz)

457 There is nothing wrong with that! In fact, you could make money (possibly not much) writing a story about it. The "magical realism" genre might make more sense, but if you've played a MMORPG or even just D&D, then a LitRPG monster isekai (reincarnated as a kitten in a game-like world) could be more saleable.
Posted by: SciVo at April 03, 2026 02:28 AM (Sy6m/)

I have a story idea for a supernatural cozy mystery series, with one of the characters being a black cat familiar assigned to a new coven of witches. The cat thinks he started out as a human wizard, but he's been reincarnated so many times that he isn't sure anymore. Meanwhile, he enjoys being a cat.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 02:49 AM (YXOE0)

458 I've quit several times, Bers, and I can't do that. One delicious one leads to a second tasty one, leads to *bam* right straight back to a pack a day of filling a need that tastes like ash. I have to follow the mantra, ABAC-NANEO:

Anything but a cigarette; never again, not even one.

It's brutally hard for me to quit in the first place, and nothing else works for me for staying quit for any time.

Posted by: SciVo at April 03, 2026 02:50 AM (Sy6m/)

459 Way too early to get up

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:53 AM (Ia/+0)

460 I have a story idea for a supernatural cozy mystery series, with one of the characters being a black cat familiar assigned to a new coven of witches. The cat thinks he started out as a human wizard, but he's been reincarnated so many times that he isn't sure anymore. Meanwhile, he enjoys being a cat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 02:49 AM (YXOE0)


I can picture it now: he's certain that he was much better at magic than any of them (even if he can't remember it clearly); not that he could explain it to them, you just need to be so talented. But he's very approving when they get something right. You're on the right track to learning to be half as good as I was, girl! Keep at it! *purrr*

Posted by: SciVo at April 03, 2026 02:54 AM (Sy6m/)

461 "Oh, just this ONE..."

Yep. BTDT and still did it again. Insane.

Could be worse, I guess-- could be rainmandodo. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

462 then a LitRPG monster isekai (reincarnated as a kitten in a game-like world) could be more saleable.
Posted by: SciVo


Surprisingly (not really), it's been done.

"I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet"

(He lives in her cleavage, mostly. It's one of those kind of shows.)

Also taken: reincarnated as a sword, a giant spider, a slime, a skeleton, a lich, a pig, a viral infection, a vending machine, and a hot spring.

Posted by: mikeski at April 03, 2026 03:13 AM (VHUov)

463 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

Pesach Cafe

fallswithlogs.jpg
Pete Vander Muelen

When I was young, I wondered why my Easter egg decorating kit said it was for "Paques." That's just the French for the old Latin term "Pascha" which just means Pesach or Passover. Most Romance language countries call Easter something like "Paques:" -- Spanish Pascua, Italian Pasqua. Easter is specifically an Old English word and probably means "dawn."

The English word "Easter" originates from Old English Eastre or Eostre, likely derived from a Proto-Germanic root for "dawn" (austron-) or a springtime goddess associated with the east. This name is traditionally linked to the rising sun, symbolizing the resurrection, and was adopted to replace earlier Pascha celebrations.

Dune: Meowsiah.

Dog slept so deeply he attracted a vulture.


Big bunny bread for its meat is rescued and living his best bunny life.

Puppy's been training for this very moment his whole life.

Street argument.

Rescuing a neglected senior dog (who looks like a teddy bear now).

Last week I posted a short video of a bear waking up from hibernation with Stage IV bedhead. There's more to the story. That was an elderly circus bear callously discarded by the people he used to make money for. He's now been rescued and given his own paddock to walk around in.

Low-energy cat.

Lightning strikes are God's way of telling you Do Better. #DoBetter, people.

Cats are why we can't have nice things. Further evidence.

I will never forget this dog's birthday party because it's a nightmare dreamed by a demon.

Guys pretending to listen to their wives.

Koalas should be seen not heard. Fuck man that's awful.

Cruisin' the strip.



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:37 PM




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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 07:37 PM (NcvvS)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Waterfall fall. Yikes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:42 PM (u82oZ)

4 My sleeping soundly story. Look out at the pasture and a cow is lying down. 3 hours later the cow is still.lying down. Assumption, cow is dead so I'll drag it off at the end of the day. Call the owners of said cow to let them know.

Fire up tractor and gather chains... the cow got up and walked away.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:43 PM (+nEug)

5 Loved the parrot telling the dog about his day.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 07:43 PM (NcvvS)

6 English still uses the word “Pascal” to refer to Easter associated events and activities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 07:44 PM (cKPyM)

7 I always hated the smell of vinegar and because of that never really enjoyed dying eggs.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

8 6 English still uses the word “Pascal” to refer to Easter associated events and activities.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 07:44 PM (cKPyM)


Like compiling banking software over the long weekend

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:46 PM (gKWVE)

9 "Paschal" might be the word you're looking for

Posted by: gKWVE, looking all innocent at April 02, 2026 07:46 PM (gKWVE)

10 Our cats use to bury under blankets, always was afraid someone might sit on them.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Oh cool. I was thinking about Pascal. He was a mathametician of course but also a Christian apologist and Catholic theoligian.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)

12 English won't be doing anything Pascal soon enough
But Ramadan will be a big holiday

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)

13
TLI burn imminent:

https://is.gd/LsKlEo

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)

14 My sleeping soundly story. Look out at the pasture and a cow is lying down. 3 hours later the cow is still.lying down. Assumption, cow is dead so I'll drag it off at the end of the day. Call the owners of said cow to let them know.

Fire up tractor and gather chains... the cow got up and walked away.
Posted by: Ben Had

Udderly ridiculous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (HW/1v)

15 I'm still laughing at Dune part 3.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (V4IXI)

16 But Pascal is a french name derived from the same Easter word.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (3uBP9)

17
I see a curve! Fake and gay.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (w6EFb)

18 On April 1, Delhi Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh announced the phased removal and replacement of roughly 140,000 Chinese-manufactured CCTV cameras — the majority supplied by Hikvision and its rival Dahua (Zhejiang Dahua Technology).

These devices, installed under the previous AAP government between 2020 and 2022, make up more than half of the city’s 274,000-camera network. They are now being ripped down and swapped for secure, India-compliant systems.

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (RiT5e)

19 I mean, Pascal is a sort of common religious word, Pascal Lamb and all but I guess I never matched it with the mathematician's name

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:50 PM (3uBP9)

20 Seen on Insty: novelty "love chocolate" is being recalled because it contains "life threatening" amounts of Viagra.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:51 PM (aUxYo)

21 There have been baseball players named Easter and Pasqua.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 07:51 PM (AlhUl)

22 7 I always hated the smell of vinegar and because of that never really enjoyed dying eggs.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:44 PM
Eggs can survive vinegar quite nicely. Have you ever been to an old time bar?

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 07:51 PM (LHPAg)

23 Live NASA stream of the upcoming TLI burn:
https://is.gd/Fa4KLg

Isaacman is there in MC himself for this one.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)

-----------

Thanks for the link! TLI -- TransLunar Injection burn.

AND WE JUST SAW THE BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death)!

[From the prior thread:]

Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:52 PM (seACy)

24 I'm calming down. My dog Ralphy seems like he's trying to kill himself.

It's been two weeks since he fell out of my bed. I took away the doggy stairs so he can't jump up there without me around. I lift him up. I lift him down. Not a problem.

He went outside. Came back in. I'm in my chair looking for a horror movie. For some reason, this 14.7 year old dog decides he'll run and jump on the bed like he used to do. His bacl legs are very strong, but not THAT strong.

Ralphy hit the bed, fell backwards. He's fine. He's walking. He looked so stunned. I have two more weeks of pain pills. He's laying on the bed now. Still WTF?

The vet always comments how full of life he is for his age. Still. WTF??

Thanks for letting me vent.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Sco7b)

25

9 "Paschal" might be the word you're looking for
Posted by: gKWVE, looking all innocent at April 02, 2026 07:46 PM (gKWVE)

You people and your hoity toity h’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 07:52 PM (cKPyM)

26 Just saw a video (Department of War channel on YT). Hegseth announcing that military bases were made gun free zones. That ends today. Hope it's real.

IIRC, disarming troops on base started in one of the Bush terms. Could be wrong about that.

Posted by: JTB at April 02, 2026 07:52 PM (yTvNw)

27 Eromero, Cajun spiced pickled eggs on the menu around here.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:53 PM (+nEug)

28 I'm watching the TLI burn from Orion on NASA's live feed page right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:53 PM (ESVrU)

29 Fire up tractor and gather chains... the cow got up and walked away.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:43 PM (+nEug)

Ha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 02, 2026 07:53 PM (zYpTz)

30 Oh, yeah, I forgot PASCAL was a programming language.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 07:53 PM (3uBP9)

31 IIRC, disarming troops on base started in one of the Bush terms. Could be wrong about that.

Posted by: JTB

H.W.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 07:54 PM (HW/1v)

32 Hegseth announcing that military bases were made gun free zones. That ends today. Hope it's real.

It's real, Hegseth also posted it on X and several other official DoW channels.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:54 PM (aUxYo)

33 Dash, enjoying your lovely gift this evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:54 PM (+nEug)

34 Do they use 2FA in space? I hate that squit.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 07:55 PM (UoFpr)

35 Oh, yeah, I forgot PASCAL was a programming language.

Back in the 80s it was the "language of the future" because it was very difficult to write unsafe programs in.

The only thing new about the Rust programming language (which gets the same press today) is that it's touted as transgender somehow.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:56 PM (aUxYo)

36 Low-energy cat.

F***ing sunbeam, interrupting my nap.

Posted by: the cat at April 02, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

37 Thanks for the link! TLI -- TransLunar Injection burn.

-------------

"WHY ARE ALL THE PEOPLE IN NASA MISSION CONTROL WYTEPIPO! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:57 PM (seACy)

38
TLI burn complete. Good burn. They're on their way to the Moon, Alice.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)

39 H.W.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


A kinder, gentler America; not like Reagan's.

Posted by: Peggy Noonan at April 02, 2026 07:57 PM (gKWVE)

40 TLI burn appears to have been successful.

Orion is on its way!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:57 PM (ESVrU)

41 Pickled eggs are disgusting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (A5RD0)

42 How Nidal Hassan killed so many at Ft. Hood.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (+nEug)

43 The only thing new about the Rust programming language (which gets the same press today) is that it's touted as transgender somehow.
Posted by: Ian S.


awk is the trans language.

Got a string x = "10"?
x = x + 0
Now it's an integer 10, not a string.
x = x + 0.0
Now it's floating-point 10.0, not an integer.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (VHUov)

44 nurse, love you but we will always disagree about pickled eggs.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:59 PM (+nEug)

45 Oh, Stateless. Maybe the doggy stairs would be less dangerous. Are you a handy type? Maybe build him a wide, padded set.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 02, 2026 07:59 PM (zYpTz)

46 "WHY ARE ALL THE PEOPLE IN NASA MISSION CONTROL WYTEPIPO! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

Ben Bankas (legal immigrant comedian from Canada) has a funny bit about normal white people going to Mars to escape the Democrats and DEI.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:59 PM (aUxYo)

47 Do they use 2FA in space? I hate that squit.
Posted by: fd


Space 2FA is really secure.

Password + altimeter.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 08:00 PM (VHUov)

48 Stateless. Prayers for you and Ralphy. My best boy Rhett died on April 30, 2025. He had a month of hospice. That is hard stuff.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:00 PM (syAfa)

49 Got a string x = "10"?
x = x + 0
Now it's an integer 10, not a string.
x = x + 0.0
Now it's floating-point 10.0, not an integer.


Javascript is similarly fast and loose with types.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (aUxYo)

50 MS Now - headline - tomorrow morning.

"Due to poor planning by President Trump, the astronauts have failed to reach the moon yet.

We fear the worst and will keep you updated."

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (Sco7b)

51 Barely ScaryMary, up for a spicy margarita?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (+nEug)

52 Pickled eggs are nice as an occasional treat. Do you also dislike pickles on burgers, nurse?

mikeski, ugh. Dynamic typing, useful, dynamic temporary casting, yuck, on-the-fly silent re-typing? Get thee behind me, Satan!

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (aJQbY)

53 I saw lightning hit a junk car once, about a hundred feet away, at night, in the dark. The car lit up red hot for a second and a half, I could see every detail of it.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (Q+gd/)

54 TLI burn appears to have been successful.

Just in time for National Burrito Day!

Posted by: The Astro-potty at April 02, 2026 08:02 PM (BvTxf)

55 26 Just saw a video (Department of War channel on YT). Hegseth announcing that military bases were made gun free zones. That ends today. Hope it's real.

IIRC, disarming troops on base started in one of the Bush terms. Could be wrong about that.

Posted by: JTB at April 02, 2026 07:52 PM (yTvNw)
That be the case, I might make a trip to the Barksdale class 6 store this summer.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 08:02 PM (LHPAg)

56
I'm enjoying that tracker. They hit a peak geocentric velocity of somewhere between 24.5 and 25 kmph, but you'll note speed is dropping off rapidly as it pulls away from earth. Speed is now 21.5 kmph, distance 1400 miles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

57 Barely ScaryMary, up for a spicy margarita?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (+nEug)

I tried giving them up for Lent. But I failed!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:03 PM (syAfa)

58 The Dune cat was hilarious. Meow Dib!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 08:03 PM (+NIRm)

59 Love you too, Ben Had.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 08:03 PM (A5RD0)

60 I saw the aftermath of lightning hitting a tree and killing the 3 horses underneath it.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:04 PM (+nEug)

61 Jesse says they just blew up some main bridge in Iran.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 08:04 PM (Cqx++)

62 >>> awk is the trans language.

Got a string x = "10"?
x = x + 0
Now it's an integer 10, not a string.
x = x + 0.0
Now it's floating-point 10.0, not an integer.
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (VHUov)


POSIX commands like awk, sed, ed etc... all have an actual tr trans command.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 08:04 PM (3uBP9)

63 Seen on Insty: novelty "love chocolate" is being recalled because it contains "life threatening" amounts of Viagra.
Posted by: Ian S.


Well, that was a huge boner!

Posted by: somebody had to say it at April 02, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

64 Pickled cucumbers, pickled green beans, asparagus , peppers, cauliflower…. All good.


Pickled eggs? No. My father gave me a case of pickled quail eggs shipped up when he lived in Lubbock. Holy crap. I tried to like them.

Nope. Horrid things.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 08:06 PM (A5RD0)

65 Sorry, Lufkin, TX. Not Lubbock.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 08:06 PM (A5RD0)

66 Bertram Cabot, the bridge and 9 more IRGC muckety mucks.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:06 PM (+nEug)

67 45 Oh, Stateless. Maybe the doggy stairs would be less dangerous. Are you a handy type? Maybe build him a wide, padded set.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 02, 2026 07:59 PM (zYpTz

48 Stateless. Prayers for you and Ralphy. My best boy Rhett died on April 30, 2025. He had a month of hospice. That is hard stuff.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:00 PM (syAfa

Thank you both. I'm sorry about your friend but I bet he had an amazing life.

Dash, I took away the stairs because he used them the day before his bigger fall and somehow fell!

He really is not that bad. I let the vet decide on life or death but he was bouncing around and after her examination, she chose life. I've been carrying him but he's been fine over a week ago.

Everyone have a great night.
Horror movies to calm myself down.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 08:07 PM (Sco7b)

68 Somebody told me that if cows are laying down it means it's going to rain. That does not comport with the cows I have seen standing in the rain.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 08:07 PM (UoFpr)

69

Well, that was a huge boner!
Posted by: somebody had to say it at April 02, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

The story caught my eye as well. Reading it, evidently the drugs were 'undeclared'. Fucking retards. Somebody gonna be in trouble. Probably in china though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:08 PM (zZu0s)

70 Javascript is similarly fast and loose with types.

Loose typing turns easily found, easily fixed compile time errors and turns them into hard to find, potentially disastrous runtime errors. Ask a programmer under age 50 what lint is for and I bet he looks at his navel.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 02, 2026 08:09 PM (vTZFs)

71 Dog slept so deeply he attracted a vulture.
===

It's the stank from the dead squirrel the dog was rolling around on.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:09 PM (/lPRQ)

72 Evidently, when combined with taking nitroglycerin (for example) eating the chocolate laced with dick drugs can cause a dangerous drop in blood pressure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

73 Had lightening hit about 200 yards from me once on the golf course. There was a brown stinky smell in the golf cart afterwards.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:10 PM (2WIwB)

74 I handled at least four Worker's Comp lightning fatality claims.

I quit and seek shelter immediately if I'm on the golf course and I hear thunder.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:10 PM (V4IXI)

75 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Yes we blew up the tallest bridge in the Middle East. B1 is the name. Broke the roadway in the center.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (u82oZ)

76 Ask Eromero about lightning. Go ahead.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (+nEug)

77 Dog slept so deeply he attracted a vulture.
===

It's the stank from the dead squirrel the dog was rolling around on.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Looked like a young Rhodesian Ridgeback.

Badass dog.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (V4IXI)

78 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:12 PM (u82oZ)

79 I have a recipe for pickled eggs using those little Red Hot candies.
Yum

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 08:12 PM (q6tQZ)

80 The neighbors' bovines stood around looking unbothered by the thunderstorm we had this morning.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:12 PM (syAfa)

81 The vultures are treating my roof like a flight deck. They have been back 8 days. No sign of the deck railings being used for sexy times. Yet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

82 Dog slept so deeply he attracted a vulture.

I don't get it. Vulture sitting there looking menacing. Just one vulture; aren't they flocking birds? And don't they hunt by scent, so a sleeping animal wouldn't attract them?

Dog wakes up, bumps vulture. Vulture just continues to sit there.

Dog takes three steps and is getting petted by his human who was right there the whole time, not doing anything to protect the dog.

So, is the vulture the human's pet, too? Is it just a really odd choice for an AI-generated movie?

Posted by: mikeski is more confused than normal at April 02, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

83 65 Sorry, Lufkin, TX. Not Lubbock.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 08:06 PM (A5RD0)
Muenster Texas has pickled quail eggs too. It's know as the Fredericksburg of North Texas.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 08:14 PM (LHPAg)

84 No sign of the deck railings being used for sexy times. Yet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Give them something to eat...like coon carcass.

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 08:14 PM (q6tQZ)

85 79 I have a recipe for pickled eggs using those little Red Hot candies.
Yum
Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 08:12 PM (q6tQZ)

*makes horrified face

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 02, 2026 08:14 PM (zYpTz)

86 Back from Holy Thursday Services.

Moving and humbling as always.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 08:15 PM (XV/Pl)

87 Give them something to eat...like coon carcass.

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 08:14 PM (q6tQZ)


Cut. Jib. Newsletter....

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:15 PM (syAfa)

88 73 Had lightening hit about 200 yards from me once on the golf course. There was a brown stinky smell in the golf cart afterwards.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:10 PM (2WIwB)

I wasn't there but I believe it about lightning.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (YlWIZ)

89 Pickled eggs just means less eggs available to make deviled eggs. I could eat 50 eggs like Luke if they were deviled eggs.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (V4IXI)

90 >>Had lightening hit about 200 yards from me once on the golf course. There was a brown stinky smell in the golf cart afterwards.

Been caught out sailing when storms with lightening rolled in. Not a happy place to be.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m)

91 80 The neighbors' bovines stood around looking unbothered by the thunderstorm we had this morning.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary


The caravan mooves on.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)

92 Cut. Jib. Newsletter....
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Reminds me to go set the traps

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (q6tQZ)

93 Tomorrow is watching "Passion of the Christ" day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (+nEug)

94 If that waterfall dog was like my herding dog he would say, oh shit, my checkbook is back in the creek.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 08:17 PM (YlWIZ)

95 1 Pickled eggs are disgusting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (A5RD0


Concur!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)

96 MkY

I'd try democrats, but even a hungry turkey vulture has standards. Need a front loader for the bone disposal.

Easier to let the vultures get their own food. Recycling at its finest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:18 PM (u82oZ)

97 or "Life of Brian"

Posted by: gKWVE looking on the bright side of life at April 02, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

98 41 Pickled eggs are disgusting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 07:58 PM (A5RD0)

Right you are. With so many lovely things to pickle, why do that to an egg? And you know, I speak as the Pickle Queen of Alaska. At least until the next State Fair.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:19 PM (DwqWV)

99 Read that open carry will be allowed on bases

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

100 I used to run in an 800 acre park set in swamp and forest. At the halfway point there is a bench. Saw buzzards overhead and I laid down motionless on the bench for about 10 minutes. More vultures gathered and they circled lower and lower, then down to treetop level. I sat up and they dispersed, upset that I wasn't a goner.

Posted by: I Ain't Dead Yet at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (oY1HT)

101 97 or "Life of Brian"
Posted by: gKWVE looking on the bright side of life at April 02, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

"Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it..."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (DwqWV)

102 One claim I handled was of a poor grocery store bag boy collecting carts in the parking lot when he was struck and killed. Wasn't raining at the time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (V4IXI)

103 Demon birthday dog is something else.

Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (q177U)

104 I made Ajitsuke Tamago eggs this week for ramen. Those were pretty good. Deviled eggs for Easter dinner, of course.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (syAfa)

105 I sat up and they dispersed, upset that I wasn't a goner.
Posted by: I Ain't Dead Yet at April 02, 2026 08:20 PM (oY1HT)

Yer not foolin' anyone, y'know.
'

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (DwqWV)

106 Vulture sitting there looking menacing. Just one vulture; aren't they flocking birds?
Posted by: mikeski

In a word - Yes! They are very sociable with other vultures and tend to flock and fly together. During this time of the year, we routinely have 50 or 60 that perch in the trees in the woods behind our house.

Note to those interested: With that many hanging around, they would easily clean up some very poor decisions in a few hours or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (cYBz/)

107 Yes we blew up the tallest bridge in the Middle East. B1 is the name. Broke the roadway in the center.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (u82oZ)


Yes we blew up the tallest bridge in the Middle East. B1 is the name. Broke the roadway in the center.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (u82oZ)

This was from GatewayPundit at 5:40. Another guy named Mo dead.

Iranian Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Mohammad-Ali Fathalizadeh was killed on Wednesday in a US-Israeli strike.

Mohammad-Ali Fathalizadeh, also known as General Mohammad Ali Fathali-Zadeh, was the latest Iranian regime leader to be taken out by US and Israeli forces.

According to Xinhua, Iran’s Defa Press news agency, a news outlet affiliated with the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, reported on Thursday.

Mohammad-Ali Fathalizadeh led the “fatehin” special unit of the IRGC.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (Sco7b)

108 Read that open carry will be allowed on bases
Posted by: Skip

Linky?

Because I really doubt it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (/lPRQ)

109 By the way, yesterday was the Navy CPO birthday, 1896. As good a reason as any to have a drink.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

110 What say you about red beet eggs?

Me likes but the lovely Mrs. will not touch them.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:22 PM (cYBz/)

111 You sure it was Bush who instituted no guns carried on base besides MPs?

I thought that was something someway before Bush.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:23 PM (V4IXI)

112 Note to those interested: With that many hanging around, they would easily clean up some very poor decisions in a few hours or so.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:21 PM (cYBz/)

Had a moose hit by a truck on the highway last week. Those get harvested by people who sign up to do so. Left the gut pile and a bunch of blood next to the road.

I saw no less than 12 bald eagles in one big old cottonwood tree on one side of the road and about 20 ravens in another one on the other side.

This week, you would never know it happened.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:23 PM (DwqWV)

113 LazyMessenger brings beet eggs every PNW meetup.


That are very good.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 08:23 PM (A5RD0)

114 What say you about red beet eggs?

Me likes but the lovely Mrs. will not touch them.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:22 PM (cYBz/)

Never heard of them. But Mr Scary likes eggs. And beets. He might go for it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:24 PM (syAfa)

115 The Word according to Grok:

February 25, 1992: The Department of Defense issued DoD Directive 5210.56 ("Arming and the Use of Force"). This directive established strict limits on carrying firearms on military installations. It generally prohibited DoD personnel (including active-duty service members) from carrying privately owned firearms on base except in very specific official capacities, such as law enforcement or security duties.
March 12, 1993: The Army followed up with Army Regulation 190-14, which implemented the DoD policy more specifically for the Army. This is the regulation often cited in discussions about "disarming" soldiers on base.

Prior to 1992, policies varied by service and installation, but service members generally had more flexibility regarding personal firearms (though open carry or casual carrying while on duty was never the norm). The 1992 directive standardized and tightened the rules across the Department of Defense.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:24 PM (cYBz/)

116 111 You sure it was Bush who instituted no guns carried on base besides MPs?

I thought that was something someway before Bush.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:23 PM (V4IXI)

They weren't allowed to carry when I started at USACE in the late 1980's. After working on a CID facility and speaking with the agents there, I can't imagine carrying on base is a smart move. These are kids who can't help but destroy the barracks they live in, so not known for impulse control. And then there are the really criminal idiots. 18 to 24 year olds as a group are not known for their responsible behavior.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:25 PM (DwqWV)

117 Sad to hear about the moose hit by the truck. It wasn't the one out front, was it?

Posted by: Need Direction at April 02, 2026 08:26 PM (oY1HT)

118 109 By the way, yesterday was the Navy CPO birthday, 1896. As good a reason as any to have a drink.
Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

As if we need an excuse. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:27 PM (DwqWV)

119 I never saw red beet eggs, but I like beets so I’d probably like them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:27 PM (pFJNq)

120 117 Sad to hear about the moose hit by the truck. It wasn't the one out front, was it?
Posted by: Need Direction at April 02, 2026 08:26 PM (oY1HT)

So far, 239 have been hit by vehicles this year in the Mat-Su. It is far from a rare occurrence.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:27 PM (DwqWV)

121 Beet eggs aren't half bad.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 08:28 PM (HW/1v)

122 I love pickled eggs but draw a hard line no on the kool-aid ones.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:28 PM (+nEug)

123 My parents would always buy pickled beets and when they ate them all fill the jar with hard boiled eggs.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 08:28 PM (YwEeS)

124 I see Don LeMon is claiming he is being targeted directly by Trump.


Talk about an over-inflated ego. I doubt Trump gives him a passing thought.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:29 PM (DwqWV)

125
Moose is really good eating, as long as the butcher and cook know their trade.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 08:29 PM (Y8DZL)

126
I recall that the Apollo lunar missions reached a surprisingly low minimum velocity as the craft traveled to the moon -- 2,000 miles per hour, then the moon's gravity began accelerating them towards the moon. Just enough velocity to get there. The burn to slow down into lunar orbit would eventually follow.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 08:30 PM (azNOR)

127 I just remember the stupid kid in the movie Into the Wild killing a moose with his .22 and not knowing what to do with it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (V4IXI)

128 >>> February 25, 1992: The Department of Defense issued DoD Directive 5210.56...

Going on 30 yrs+ here...
Best one could have hoped for was storage of privately owned firearms in the unit armory (if living on Base). Then got much more restrictive after 9-11.
Real awkward as some Bases had MWR ranges and hunting areas. Bases w/o ranges and if you lived off-Base you were SOL.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (/lPRQ)

129 I could eat 50 eggs like Luke if they were deviled eggs.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:16 PM (V4IXI)

That would mean 100 deviled eggs.

I think for the rest of us, it'd be easier just to shoot you when you got to 20 or so. From a distance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

130 You know who else was targeted by Trump?

Posted by: Pam Bondo at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (UoFpr)

131 Don Lemon, inflated ego guy is a bigger dick than the inflated scrotum guy.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (+nEug)

132 Mammaw used cinnamon red hot candy to make rhubarb cobbler.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

133 I think for the rest of us, it'd be easier just to shoot you when you got to 20 or so. From a distance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

Yes I would turn into a gas weapon of mass destruction .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:32 PM (V4IXI)

134 These are kids who can't help but destroy the barracks they live in, so not known for impulse control. And then there are the really criminal idiots. 18 to 24 year olds as a group are not known for their responsible behavior.
Posted by: tcn in AK
===

And then there are the Jr Officers.
Almost worse than the enlisted.

Was it Reagan who did away with the 18 YO drinking age?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:34 PM (/lPRQ)

135 Two things you can't make enough of at a MoMe. Deviled eggs and bacon bread

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (+nEug)

136 Just came from Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Beautiful

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (6U1c2)

137 I wonder if the Anwar Sadat assassination had anything to do with enacting gun-free zone military bases.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (Q+gd/)

138 When you're more a whiny lying black homo than Jussie Smollett you've got real issues.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (V4IXI)

139 116 111 Firearms on base was generally a pain in the ass when I was in. Stationed at NAF DC (Andrews) one could use the Air Force indoor shooting range (no problem with that, the guys were great, no appointments) but if you were a barracks rat the gun was stored there. Left a pride and joy, a Smith and Wesson model 41 there. Now I know the range guys would take stored guns back to try out, but a nice rusty fingerprint in that beautiful bluing kinda pissed me off. Started keeping the guns in my room, locked up and locked in a locked locker, which is about as locked as you can get.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)

140 Moose is really good eating, as long as the butcher and cook know their trade.
Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 08:29 PM (Y8DZL)

Moose is delicious!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:36 PM (2WIwB)

141 These are kids who can't help but destroy the barracks they live in, so not known for impulse control. And then there are the really criminal idiots. 18 to 24 year olds as a group are not known for their responsible behavior.

===

if they cannot be trusted in the barracks, what makes anyone think they can be trusted on the battlefield ??

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 08:36 PM (GD0B3)

142 Julie Kelly has things to say about Pam Bondi.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvyyza6

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 08:37 PM (RiT5e)

143 Two things you can't make enough of at a MoMe. Deviled eggs and bacon bread

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:35 PM (+nEug)


Something I can bring! I don't bake. But I can devil an egg.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:39 PM (syAfa)

144 last thing i want to think of is Don Lemon's dick

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

145 Do you really want an army of limp dick conformists? They are soldiers, not altar boys.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 08:40 PM (UoFpr)

146 last thing i want to think of is Don Lemon's dick
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

Thats an odd last request, but im sure he's up for it...

Posted by: Canadian MAID at April 02, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)

147 I’ve seen lightning right in front of me in the car; but what made me jump the highest was during our great ice storm about 5 years ago. (I guess you could call this synthetic lightning, since it came from a main trunk power line for our neighborhood that runs next to the street in my front yard)

The storm was quiet, kind of a whispery thing, but it was heavy, and it had reached the point where you could hear limbs cracking and falling all over about every 30 seconds. I shouldn’t have gone outside but it was eerie and fascinating; no people or animals out (smart) just nature behaving in a really unusual way. So I was walking towards the front when a decent size limb came out of the oak tree right onto that powerline. Stretched it almost to the ground, I thought would break but it didn’t - and then one end touched the ground and 40,000 volts arced through it. BAM! Looked and sounded like lightning, given that I was only about 40 feet away it really sounded like an explosion. Damn!!!

When I ran back inside, first thing the wife said was “WHAT DID YOU DO???”

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:41 PM (pFJNq)

148 Julie Kelly has things to say about Pam Bondi.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvyyza6


===
interesting

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 08:42 PM (GD0B3)

149 I had a recipe for making deviled eggs using ranch and bacon.

They came out pretty good, unsurprisingly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)

150 Posted by: Canadian MAID at April 02, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)

I need to consider better who else posts here before I post stuff.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:42 PM (gKWVE)

151 Phrasing is key.

Plus I just have a twisted mind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

152 Bacon + deviled eggs is a match made in Heaven.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:45 PM (syAfa)

153 127 I just remember the stupid kid in the movie Into the Wild killing a moose with his .22 and not knowing what to do with it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:31 PM (V4IXI)

That would be very difficult to do. Moose are pretty tough. I guess you could hit one in the eye and have it go into the brain, but I can't imagine a body shot with a .22 would do much.

And I do know what to do with a moose. It goes in the freezer; takes about a week to process all that. The hide gets to be mittens that last a very long time. The horns, should it have them, go over the garage door. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:46 PM (DwqWV)

154 Do you really want an army of limp dick conformists? They are soldiers, not altar boys.
Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 08:40 PM (UoFpr)

This. Kids (and 18 more and more becomes a kid the older I get) hopped up on testosterone and trained to shoot stuff and possibly die for their country. Let them have a little fun (within reason.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:46 PM (zZu0s)

155 Prior to 1992, policies varied by service and installation, but service members generally had more flexibility regarding personal firearms (though open carry or casual carrying while on duty was never the norm). The 1992 directive standardized and tightened the rules across the Department of Defense.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:24 PM (cYBz/)


In the early 80's, young Lieutenant Diogenes was running a pistol.range at Ft Lewis. It was common kniwledge.that when doing this job, anyone (think the commanding general) could show up and shoot his privately owned weapons. And if you were running the range correctly, he'd let you shoot his old Colt .45. Hell of a lot of fun back then.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:46 PM (2WIwB)

156 Bacon + deviled eggs is a match made in Heaven.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:45 PM (syAfa)

IIRC, it came out a bit too tangy. Might have cut the ranch with mayo. Or used too much mustard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

157 I'm looking forward to spending more time with my private sector.

Posted by: Pam Blondi at April 02, 2026 08:49 PM (2Ez/1)

158 These are kids who can't help but destroy the barracks they live in, so not known for impulse control. And then there are the really criminal idiots. 18 to 24 year olds as a group are not known for their responsible behavior.

===

if they cannot be trusted in the barracks, what makes anyone think they can be trusted on the battlefield ??
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 08:36 PM (GD0B3)
***

This is a leadership issue.
My squad leaders, platoon sergeants, and platoon leaders had better be in those barracks every damned day and at least once on the weekend. Not an inspection, but just being seen and seeing. Any damage is a swift paycheck adjustment.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)

159 Bacon and horseradish or bacon and gorgonzola for deviled eggs.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:50 PM (+nEug)

160 Making smoked salmon spread for Easter treats. DH is allergic to eggs, so no deviled eggs for us. I prefer the salmon anyway, but a good deviled egg is a fine treat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:51 PM (DwqWV)

161 Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:46 PM (DwqWV

IIRC in the movie he shot it over a dozen times . I don't know if he did in real life though we know he only had a .22 rifle. I didn't read the book.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 08:51 PM (V4IXI)

162
Do you really want an army of limp dick conformists? They are soldiers, not altar boys.

It would be nice if they could follow orders.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (Cqx++)

163 tcn your smoked salmon is divine

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (+nEug)

164 IIRC, it came out a bit too tangy. Might have cut the ranch with mayo. Or used too much mustard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)


I've never used ranch. Although that could be intriguing.

Pickle juice. Dukes mayo and mustard.

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (syAfa)

165 Bacon and horseradish or bacon and gorgonzola for deviled eggs.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:50 PM (+nEug)

Hmmm. Horseradish could be good. The gorganzola makes me wonder if you could put just a tad bit of blue cheese in there.

You know, to really Amp up the gastric distress.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

166 Day one of quitting smoking and I didn’t murder anyone. I’m calling that a win.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u73oe)

167 OT: I'm watching the Taiwan version of "RIPD". with a touch of "Big Trouble in Little China" as I suppose it would be. "Agent From Above".
Protagonist is retrieved from Asian hell to fight errant ghosts and demons.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (gKWVE)

168 I try not to criticize Trump much, but he has tended to go for style over substance at times. I generally think that “look at the hot chick do a man’s job just as well as any of them!” is way too much of a Hollywood storyline to be true very often, and I don’t trust it. (Look what we’re finding out about Noem). Bondi was way out of her depth all of this time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:53 PM (pFJNq)

169 This is a leadership issue.
My squad leaders, platoon sergeants, and platoon leaders had better be in those barracks every damned day and at least once on the weekend. Not an inspection, but just being seen and seeing. Any damage is a swift paycheck adjustment.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 08:50 PM (2WIwB)

Not at Ft. Wainwright, anyway. The hallways are always dusty and filthy. Some of the individual rooms are pretty gnarly, too. I don't think I ever saw any sergeants in the barracks proper. They are down in the day room sometimes, but not the rest of the building. We were forever getting told to make the rooms more like jails than apartments, because then they wouldn't destroy them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:53 PM (DwqWV)

170 Day one of quitting smoking and I didn’t murder anyone. I’m calling that a win.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u73oe)

Good luck, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:54 PM (zZu0s)

171 "It would be nice if they could follow orders.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. "

If it's not too much to ask.

Posted by: Sarge at April 02, 2026 08:54 PM (UoFpr)

172 Aetius, as Cole Porter sang " Experiment"

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:54 PM (+nEug)

173 So what is Asian Hell? No noodles?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:55 PM (pFJNq)

174 You can do it, Duke

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 08:56 PM (gDlxJ)

175 163 tcn your smoked salmon is divine
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (+nEug)

Let's hope I can recreate it this year. I was very pleased to have enough to share.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 08:56 PM (DwqWV)

176 Some liberal woman was bitching on X today that we're targeting children by blowing up that bridge, because bridges have never been strategic military targets and civilian roads have no military use.

Not sure if actually that stupid or it's the meme about liberals pretending not to understand things in order to argue.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 08:56 PM (84SEz)

177 Day one of quitting smoking and I didn’t murder anyone. I’m calling that a win.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u73oe)



Well done!

I quit years ago. Nicotine gum is the only thing that keeps me from going stabby. Still. Nicotine is a bitch.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:56 PM (syAfa)

178 Best I can tell from the show, no noodles and they're locked in a cell eating stale bread

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (gKWVE)

179 tcn, share! You provided a feast.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (+nEug)

180 Just came from Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Beautiful
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Nice! Father also washed the feet of 12 (voluntold) parishioners. The pedicure lady had a full house today.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (cYBz/)

181 Hmmm, my rice cooker can hard-boiled eggs... and I have a bunch on hand.

And just bought some bacon.

And they are keto friendly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

182 Ben Had,
What is bacon bread? Bread using bacon grease as the shortening?

Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (dXTLm)

183 Hmmm, my rice cooker can hard-boiled eggs... and I have a bunch on hand.

And just bought some bacon.

And they are keto friendly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

Are you expecting us to tell you no? Do it. You want to.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 08:59 PM (syAfa)

184 So what is Asian Hell? No noodles?
Posted by: Tom Servo


There are versions of Buddhism that have different existences you can be reborn into, and 'heaven' and 'hell' can describe the best and worst of them. They're not final destinations like in Christianity, though. You can screw up in heaven, or live a really great life in hell, and be reborn back here next go-round.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

185 Wenda, a glorious combination of bacon, cheese and bread.

RMBS 's dear friend made this for a MoMe and it was a delectable treat.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:02 PM (+nEug)

186 Look what we’re finding out about Noem

About her husband, anyway. I don't think there's any validated information about Noem actually being bad at her job, just the optics with that commercial.

Bondi's actually similar: she blew up the optics badly with the Epstein thing, but all of the failed prosecutions we know about were due to DC grand juries and Hawaiian judges.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 09:03 PM (84SEz)

187 Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

I'm unfamiliar with the details (probably because Japan does its own thing, so anime is not much of a guide here) but I understand that the basis is the Hindu "Yama Courts". You get judged by the lawbooks of these Asian cultures, like disrespecting your parents is among the worst sins. Then you go to a hell that befits those sins, or the judges figure out a fitting reincarnation for you.
It's all a little baroque for a Westerner like myself.
I figure that someone who messes up bad enough in this life to be sent to a worse one, is unlikely to find any better help in the worse one.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 09:07 PM (gKWVE)

188 Best three ways to prepare eggs; poached, boiled, and preserved, -pickled in vinegar for longevity and spicy, -but not for breakfast.

Scrambled and over-easy are great but the less work the better.
Medium is right out, and fried-hard is only for sandwiches. Omelettes are always good, but more work.

I can't seem to get sunny-side up right without low heat and a little steam.

Easter eggs are a seasonal distraction.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:08 PM (UqSya)

189 Let's talk about the Cabinet members that are having to live on military bases, why don't we.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:08 PM (+nEug)

190 Day one of quitting smoking and I didn’t murder anyone. I’m calling that a win.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u73oe)


You can do it, I am proof it is possible to cold turkey. It sucks though. Be prepared for it to suck.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 09:08 PM (rbvCR)

191 So... I've seen enough. My prediction for 2028 is the DNC is going to run a mostly scripted circus primary intended to take all of the air out of the Republican side.

A bunch of fake shock jock style squabbling with a lot of Safe Branding, in-fighting, and most of all a constant drumbeat of all the focus grouped leftard pet issues. If they even bother with issues at all.

And out from the rubble, whoever the pre-chosen one is will emerge the "winner". Not sure who it is yet but it will more than likely be a man.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:09 PM (vE0+H)

192 Arby's Horsey Sauce or Woebers Sandwich Pal (pretty much the same) makes for some good deviled eggs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 09:11 PM (gm9Sb)

193 Day one of quitting smoking and I didn’t murder anyone. I’m calling that a win.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u73oe)

You can do it, I am proof it is possible to cold turkey. It sucks though. Be prepared for it to suck.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 09:08 PM (rbvCR)

My Dad quit thrice. Third one stuck. Cig-free the last 30 years of his life.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

194 I saw the horsey sauce for sale at some store.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:12 PM (vE0+H)

195 Good luck Duke. I'll say a prayer. For everyone around you.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:13 PM (vE0+H)

196 Tea eggs are an asian thing. Hard boil the eggs then roll them around and crackle the shells, and soak them for a couple three days in very strong tea. You can make the tea with extra salt and herbs like star anise and ginger.

They are pretty, and I guess they taste better too, but I never tasted much difference, but the whites get stained in a nice cobwebby pattern under the cracked shell.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 09:14 PM (rbvCR)

197 Congratulations, Duke.
My cold dead fingers will be clutching a Marlboro.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:14 PM (+nEug)

198 194 Walmart carries it. Arby's used to, but no more. Try the Woebers (it's probably the same stuff, made in Ohio where Arhy's started).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 09:15 PM (gm9Sb)

199 My cold dead fingers will be clutching a Marlboro.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:14 PM (+nEug)

This explains so much. Women who smoke have always loved me, since I was a tad. Not that I'm presuming, course.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:16 PM (vE0+H)

200 The bridge hit was interesting because it means our targeting has now moved to dual use civilian-military infrastructure. No longer just missile sites and regime targets.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:16 PM (pFJNq)

201 My cold dead fingers will always want a Marlboro.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:16 PM (syAfa)

202 Tom Servo. According to Tousi, that bridge had not been opened to civilians yet. Only to IRGC.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:18 PM (syAfa)

203 My cold dead fingers will always want a Marlboro.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:16 PM (syAfa)

You're not kidding.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 09:19 PM (snZF9)

204 Bondi, GONE. Didn't have the gusto so time to go go. MN Fraud, Antifa designated a DTO, Act blue....riots in MN and elsewhere causing violence and destruction. Terror attacks against Tesla and Tesla owners etc etc.....

Carmine Jr says "Whatever happened there....?"

Posted by: GigantorX at April 02, 2026 09:19 PM (yf0/N)

205 My cold dead fingers will always want a Marlboro.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:16 PM (syAfa)


Used to be that Camels tasted better and Bugler was cheaper.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

206 Pascal, the mathematician, had a family name derived from the French name of the Easter holiday.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 09:19 PM (to48P)

207 for sunny side up I use a piece of aluminum foil over the eggs as a reflector

cook both sides of the egg at the same time

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:20 PM (ZxPkt)

208 Is this someone who shares recipes? Because I'm a pretty good baker. My focaccia has a lot of fans.

Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:21 PM (dXTLm)

209 Horseradish is awesome. Dad always had horesradish mustard in the fridge.

And wasabi. I can tell when wasabi is made by a male sushi chef. Way stronger. Clears the nasal passages, I tell you.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)

210 Sorry. #208 should have been directed to Ben Had.

Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (dXTLm)

211 I can make an over easy egg that would make the Waffle House envious.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (+nEug)

212 Bad news, everyone.

Mona Charen
@monacharen
This is not "defeatism," it's defeat. America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (ndZc7)

213 Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:21 PM (dXTLm)

What do you usually put on yours? I make a mean one too but it's one of the easiest breads I make. Practically no kneading.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:23 PM (vE0+H)

214 I loved working at a Catholic place because every year on Holy Thursday the staff would ceremonially wash the feet of 12 residents, it was so loving and meaningful.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (RIvkX)

215 211 I can make an over easy egg that would make the Waffle House envious.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (+nEug)
----

But can you throw a chair at marauding customers with precision?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (kpS4V)

216 or Easter is from the time of Constantine reconciling other religions with Christianity, Easter/Estrus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (YvvFZ)

217 My cold dead fingers will be clutching a Marlboro.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:14 PM (+nEug)

——————-

Me too, except I have a ten fold greater chance of a recurrence of my latest adventure and I REALLY don’t want to do that again. Add in the Remicade and the sepsis would likely get me next time. Pretty good reason, I think.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (u73oe)

218 205 My Dad smoked Raleigh non filters and would, every so often, get some Bugler roll your own as a treat. He liked the Raleighs for the coupons. Got me a sleeping bag and a gas engine model plane. I think he got the Bugler in an attempt to quit, having to work for a smoke.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (gm9Sb)

219
Yesterday's full Moon was indeed the Paschal Moon, the first full Moon of astronomical spring, which determines Easter. In the Injun derived full moon names that have become popular, this is the Pink Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:25 PM (w6EFb)

220 Wenda, I will ask.. Deli is carrying a Caramelized onion and gruyere along with a green olive fougasse that are causing me extra weight gain.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:25 PM (+nEug)

221 When you've lost Mona Charen, you've lost a deluded Biden/Harris voter. She can EABOD.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:25 PM (syAfa)

222 Eris, hell no . I would just shoot them

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:27 PM (+nEug)

223 I can make an over easy egg that would make the Waffle House envious.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (+nEug)

I was a dishwasher goon/prep cook in an Alaska restaurant. The breakfast cook was a master of over easy eggs. No spatula, just really good pans and a flip. He also did omelets with a slightly larger pan. He always washed his own pans, and kept them in a separate spot, draped with towels.

Kind of an autist thing, perhaps.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)

224 Ha! Ben Had is not to be trifled with.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 02, 2026 09:28 PM (kpS4V)

225 Pickled quail eggs = why?

Pickled chicken eggs = good.

Pickled chicken eggs with beer = outstanding!

I don't mind some carrots and onions along with the eggs, but beets? No, thanks!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 09:29 PM (7D3Aa)

226 According to Tousi, that bridge had not been opened to civilians yet. Only to IRGC.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:18 PM (syAfa)


Cernovich spent this whole afternoon bemoaning that bridge and telling us that this meant Trump and the neocons were all doing it for revenge against the Iranian people.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 09:30 PM (gKWVE)

227 Pug , that is the way. My Aunts owned and restaurant and no one touched the egg pan.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:30 PM (+nEug)

228 Ben Had, I think I'll bring a coupla gallons of pickled eggs to the TxMoMe. Nurse can have some without asking permission . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 09:32 PM (7D3Aa)

229 King Chuck may or may not be a Muzzie, but one thing that is for sure is there will never be a Royal Navy battleship named after him

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 02, 2026 09:32 PM (PUrHv)

230
HAve the NASA press conference on in the background, and some one actually asked something along the lines of what can we expect for the pictures from the Moon, and why is SpaceX so good and you're so shitty. Well, he didn't say that, but it was implied.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)

231 228 The Royal scow.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 09:33 PM (gm9Sb)

232 LRob, I will willingly accept them

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:33 PM (+nEug)

233 Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)
---

Is it possible that Microsnot will screw up a big company enough that the business world cuts them loose and chooses a better option?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:33 PM (YvvFZ)

234 I could not have a priest wash my feet. One look, and he would shout "Fetch me a farrier! Forthwith! Bring an angle grinder!"

I have hideous feet. A fist full of hooves.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

235 Isn't Tampon King Charlie supposed to address Congress at the end of April? And Why?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:34 PM (syAfa)

236 Wenda, a glorious combination of bacon, cheese and bread.

RMBS 's dear friend made this for a MoMe and it was a delectable treat.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:02 PM


That stuff is like crack. I'll have to see if I can get her up to the TxMoMe again this year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 09:34 PM (Wnv9h)

237 RMBS, don't tease me. I would love to have the chance to visit with her again.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:36 PM (+nEug)

238
They're having problems with the GoPros too. Some of that commentary was funny. What do I do with this thing? Stow it and use the backup, MC replied. Where do we stow it? MC had to look up where the thing was supposed to be stowed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:37 PM (w6EFb)

239 Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:36 PM

I'll see what I can do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 09:37 PM (Wnv9h)

240 Lord, you people and your food. Doesn't anyone eat an old fashion cheeseburger anymore?

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 09:38 PM (pvf3X)

241 I think he got the Bugler in an attempt to quit, having to work for a smoke.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 02, 2026 09:24 PM (gm9Sb)

And it didn't work, did it? Ask me how I know. Oooooh I feel like a cowboy. Ooohh I can make them fatter. Oooh my joint rolling skills will improve. oooooh...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 09:39 PM (snZF9)

242 Thanks, Ben Had.

... I make a sort of yeast mix with malt so that when I add it to a bread dough it goes vroom! For focaccia, I use lots of olive oil and rosemary from my garden.

Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:39 PM (dXTLm)

243 Lord, you people and your food. Doesn't anyone eat an old fashion cheeseburger anymore?
Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 09:38 PM (pvf3X)

———————

Still my favorite.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 09:40 PM (u73oe)

244
More problems. Apparently the girl astronaut's PC device (don't know what this is, a tablet of some sort maybe) locked up on her during TLI and is apparently bricked.

MC is troubleshooting that now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:40 PM (w6EFb)

245 226 According to Tousi, that bridge had not been opened to civilians yet. Only to IRGC.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:18 PM (syAfa)

Cernovich spent this whole afternoon bemoaning that bridge and telling us that this meant Trump and the neocons were all doing it for revenge against the Iranian people.
Posted by: gKWVE



Cernovich is an InFLuEncErZZZ. They're mostly con artists, fapping for clicks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 09:40 PM (ohOaC)

246 Wenda, I have taken to using focaccia as my hamburger bun.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 09:41 PM (+nEug)

247 I could not have a priest wash my feet. One look, and he would shout "Fetch me a farrier! Forthwith! Bring an angle grinder!"

I have hideous feet. A fist full of hooves.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)


Go to a nail salon. Seriously. It isn't unmanly. Get your feet done. Let them do your toenails. They've seen it all. They won't care if you look like a hobbit.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:41 PM (syAfa)

248 Bad news, everyone.

Mona Charen
@monacharen
This is not "defeatism," it's defeat. America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!


Yup,
All our major cities lie in ruins. Iranian air force flies at will over our skies....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 09:41 PM (/lPRQ)

249 Nice! Father also washed the feet of 12 (voluntold) parishioners. The pedicure lady had a full house today.
Posted by: Tonypete

They are brave
I always hide when they ask for volunteers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 09:41 PM (6U1c2)

250 Some liberal woman was bitching on X today that we're targeting children by blowing up that bridge, because bridges have never been strategic military targets and civilian roads have no military use.

-
Bridge Over the River Why?

Mohamad Safa
@mhdksafa
Bombing a bridge is a war crime under international humanitarian law

-
If you can't trust a guy named Mohamad, who can you trust?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:42 PM (ndZc7)

251 The vultures are treating my roof like a flight deck. They have been back 8 days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:13 PM (u82oZ)
~~~~~

One of my Goldens was in a 20-minute standoff with a turkey vulture over a dead groundhog. Of course, my dog just wanted to roll around on it for the eau de gopher, but the vulture wasn't having it.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 02, 2026 09:43 PM (3ImbR)

252 Artemis is cool and all, but it’s kinda sad that they’re doing basically the same thing Apollo 8 did almost sixty years ago. I know it’s going farther, but still.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 09:44 PM (u73oe)

253 243 Lord, you people and your food. Doesn't anyone eat an old fashion cheeseburger anymore?
Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 09:38 PM (pvf3X)

Had two for supper tonight. Black pepper, garlic powder, extra sharp cheddar.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 09:44 PM (Q+gd/)

254 They're having problems with the GoPros too. Some of that commentary was funny. What do I do with this thing? Stow it and use the backup, MC replied. Where do we stow it? MC had to look up where the thing was supposed to be stowed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:37 PM (w6EFb)

The pics from Artimis is an excellent indicator of how NASA has run their program. Total shit. People should shame them over this.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 09:45 PM (g8Ew8)

255 King Chuck may or may not be a Muzzie, but one thing that is for sure is there will never be a Royal Navy battleship named after him
Posted by: Azjaeger

Because there will never be another battleship made after him.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 09:45 PM (/lPRQ)

256 >> but it’s kinda sad that they’re doing basically the same thing Apollo 8 did almost sixty years ago

And not even as much, because they aren't going into lunar orbit. The Orion-SLS doesn't have to delta-v fuel budget to get into lunar orbit and back out within the required safety margins (stuff like early aborts and all that -- for about two days, if something bad happened, they could do an abort burn that would let them fall back to earth sooner. After that, they're committed to the slingshot around the Moon, couldn't get back any sooner).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

257 International law is a false construct that allows dudes named Mohammad to do whatever they what whilst we have one hand tied behind our backs. Fuck that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:47 PM (syAfa)

258 248 Bad news, everyone.

Mona Charen
@monacharen
This is not "defeatism," it's defeat. America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!


Yup,
All our major cities lie in ruins. Iranian air force flies at will over our skies....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher



They're already in ruins due to the repeal of Net Neutrality and Trump's tax cuts.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 09:47 PM (ohOaC)

259 make a sort of yeast mix with malt so that when I add it to a bread dough it goes vroom! For focaccia, I use lots of olive oil and rosemary from my garden.
Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:39 PM (dXTLm)

Oh hell yeah, that sounds awesome. I like to include a roasted red pepper sometimes on the top, onions, and some thin sliced garlic chips, which people love. Oh and parm sprinkled on five minutes before its out.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:47 PM (vE0+H)

260 Hamburgers started turning to crap when they stopped using poppy seed buns. I blame McDonald's.

All Beef Patty on a Sesame Seed Bun
Fuck You.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:48 PM (YvvFZ)

261 Oh, Ben Had, I am so stealing that! Not just hamburger. How about salami and provolone and olive oil drizzled over the focaccia. Maybe toast it so it absorbs more olive oil.

Posted by: Wenda at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (dXTLm)

262 Mohamad Safa
@mhdksafa
Bombing a bridge is a war crime under international humanitarian law



LoL!! Bless your heart.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (ohOaC)

263 I had a fabulous hamburger today. On a jalapeno cheese bun.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (syAfa)

264 Sorry that should have said roasted red pepper spread

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (vE0+H)

265
Another funny one. The astronauts were really rubbernecking looking out the windows during that perigee TLI burn.

So much so, they smudged up the windows pretty bad rubbing their noses and faces against them. They had to call down for window-cleaning procedures from Houston.

Even that requires procedures. Everything requires procedures.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (w6EFb)

266 They've seen it all. They won't care if you look like a hobbit.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:41 PM (syAfa)

You don't know the half of it. I hate when anyone touches my feet, even my own darling bride of 38 years. When I was a wee lad my mom had to literally pin me down to trim my toenails. I was so happy when I learned how to handle the clippers.

Why? who the hell knows? Best guess: *Jon Lovitz voice* I'm weird!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (0aYVJ)

267 Mona Charen
****

I thought she was dead.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 09:50 PM (R9n3z)

268 thought she was dead.
Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 09:50 PM (R9n3z)

Does brain count

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:50 PM (vE0+H)

269 Wenda,
What's your focaccia recipe?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 02, 2026 09:50 PM (VCgbV)

270 Cheese on a burger is synonym with your drink - that's there money maker. The crap cheese on those burgers cost a penny, just like the soda you buy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:51 PM (YvvFZ)

271
They're already in ruins due to the repeal of Net Neutrality and Trump's tax cuts.
Posted by: Puddleglum


Whatever happened to tariffs?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)

272 They're using windows?
*cringe*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 09:52 PM (GhIJO)

273 You don't know the half of it. I hate when anyone touches my feet, even my own darling bride of 38 years. When I was a wee lad my mom had to literally pin me down to trim my toenails. I was so happy when I learned how to handle the clippers.

Why? who the hell knows? Best guess: *Jon Lovitz voice* I'm weird!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (0aYVJ)

Fair enough. Some people don't like their feet messed with. I'm not one of those people, but get it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:52 PM (syAfa)

274 Cernovich is an InFLuEncErZZZ. They're mostly con artists, fapping for clicks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 09:40 PM (ohOaC)

Ask him about his date with a transman he thought was a woman. I nearly harfed and haven't read his stuff since. He wrote about it like it was either no big deal or funny. This was many years ago.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 09:52 PM (WONhk)

275 265
Another funny one. The astronauts were really rubbernecking looking out the windows during that perigee TLI burn.
---

Hopefully, a Russian turd won't hit the window as they are rubbernecking.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:53 PM (YvvFZ)

276 Mohamad Safa
@mhdksafa
Bombing a bridge is a war crime under international humanitarian law

But Iran launching missiles willy-nilly at civilian targets is totes Halal (tm)!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

277 Christy, it's not homosexual if it's just for sex.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:55 PM (YvvFZ)

278 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 09:52 PM (WONhk)

Christy I am so sorry for your news earlier and am praying.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:55 PM (vE0+H)

279 Oh, shit, it's, it's almost, but not quite, nood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 09:56 PM (YvvFZ)

280 They're using windows?
*cringe*
Posted by: vmom


Wait until every device on the ship tries to download the latest security update all at once.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 09:56 PM (VHUov)

281 brioche burger buns

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:56 PM (ZxPkt)

282 Go to a nail salon. Seriously. It isn't unmanly. Get your feet done. Let them do your toenails"

Touch my feet and I will fall you. No quarter!

And your family too...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)

283 Hamburgers started turning to crap when they stopped using poppy seed buns. I blame McDonald's.

-
When youngest Wrecks daughter was seven, we won a lottery to go to Puerto Vallarta. She was then in her most difficult eating phase and would eat only McDonald's cheeseburgers. Puerto Vallarta is not known for its cheeseburgers but there was a McDonald's on the other side of town. We spent an afternoon walking there in the heat and when we got there, she wouldn't eat because there were sesame seeds on the bun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:57 PM (ndZc7)

284 Fair enough. Some people don't like their feet messed with. I'm not one of those people, but get it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 02, 2026 09:52 PM (syAfa)

*fist bump*

It's weird, because I like scalp massages, and back rubs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 09:57 PM (0aYVJ)

285 They're using windows?"

Clippy.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:57 PM (XuXeR)

286 Artemis is cool and all, but it’s kinda sad that they’re doing basically the same thing Apollo 8 did almost sixty years ago. I know it’s going farther, but still.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 09:44 PM (u73oe)

And splashing down in the ocean in a capsule to boot. How 1960's of them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 09:58 PM (snZF9)

287 everybody talks about 'international law'

where can I get a copy

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:59 PM (ZxPkt)

288 @265

>> Even that requires procedures. Everything requires procedures.

Well, when you’re in a zero failure situation, you’re going to look pretty silly when you are in front of St Peter and he’s giving you a ration of shit for not following the check list.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)

289 I do a great foot massage. Don't tickle or nuthin'.

Posted by: Jules at April 02, 2026 09:59 PM (Q+gd/)

290
So much so, they smudged up the windows pretty bad rubbing their noses and faces against them. They had to call down for window-cleaning procedures from Houston.

Even that requires procedures. Everything requires procedures. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)


Are they sent up there knowing nothing on their own?

Are they babes in the woods?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:00 PM (xG4kz)

291 And splashing down in the ocean in a capsule to boot. How 1960's of them"

Space X would splashdown in a kiddie pool... on a moving flatbed....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 10:00 PM (XuXeR)

292 So much so, they smudged up the windows pretty bad rubbing their noses and faces against them.

-
My poodle does the same thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:00 PM (ndZc7)

293 Artemis is cool and all, but it’s kinda sad that they’re doing basically the same thing Apollo 8 did almost sixty years ago. I know it’s going farther, but still.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 09:44 PM (u73oe)

And splashing down in the ocean in a capsule to boot. How 1960's of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


And using leftover 80s tech.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (/lPRQ)

294
Assumption, cow is dead so I'll drag it off at the end of the day. Call the owners of said cow to let them know.

Fire up tractor and gather chains... the cow got up and walked away.
Posted by: Ben Had


That was a cow decoy.

You are lucky to have escaped with your life!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (xG4kz)

295 Doof is here.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (R9n3z)

296 everybody talks about 'international law'

where can I get a copy
Posted by: Don Black

IHOP?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:01 PM (ndZc7)

297 Wrecks, my daughter sort of became a vegetarian at age 6.
When we dined at McDs on the road, she would take the beef patty off and give it to one of her brothers. They found this funny. Her meatless phase lasted about 3 years and then - look out!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 02, 2026 10:02 PM (7D3Aa)

298 Christy I am so sorry for your news earlier and am praying.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:55 PM (vE0+H)


Thank you for your prayers for son and DIL. I pray all will be well with no fear in the future.

She's so sweet it nearly breaks me to think about. They were so excited.

We will have faith that all will be well soon, as many go through this (including her own mother). I feel sure there is a lot of support in Florida. I can only provide prayers. Thanks again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:04 PM (WONhk)

299
Artemis is cool and all, but it’s kinda sad that they’re doing basically the same thing Apollo 8 did almost sixty years ago. I know it’s going farther, but still.

Posted by: Duke Lowell


It's more like Apollo 13 without the system failures. They are on a free return path back to Earth (no orbits, right?).

Up to now, the crew of Apollo 13 has held the record as the humans who had traveled furthest from Earth, owing to their having taken a free return path to swing around the Moon. All other Apollo missions performed a lunar insertion burn that put their crafts into orbit around the Moon.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 10:05 PM (xG4kz)

300 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 10:04 PM (WONhk)

I'm so sorry for them. There is nothing anyone can say really. I will pray for amazing things to come.

My mom miscarried before having me. But then again I was an accident and she always wanted me to know that. So I guess it takes all kinds?

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (vE0+H)

301 I'm so sorry for them. There is nothing anyone can say really. I will pray for amazing things to come.

My mom miscarried before having me. But then again I was an accident and she always wanted me to know that. So I guess it takes all kinds?
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:11 PM (vE0+H)

Thank you. And you were NOT an accident.

God makes no mistakes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 11:15 PM (WONhk)

302 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 11:15 PM (WONhk)

You're sweet. 😁

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 11:47 PM (vE0+H)

Quick Hits

newsomeobana.jpg

Where are his grades and SATs and LSATs?

Chuck Schumer, when asked if he gives any credit to Trump for paying TSA agents after 42 days without pay: "No."

Australia's woke PM Steve Albanese wants to censor alternative media because it's "not consistent" with leftwing propaganda media.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

2h

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticizes people getting news from social media because it's "misinformation," and not "consistent" like legacy news outlets.

Who here trusts the "consistent" legacy media?

"There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

Don Ballfingers Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment" when I was perp-walked as any criminal would be.

A Democrat representative, "Shomari Figures" -- I'm not sure if that's a human name or a new He-Man character (like maybe he has numbers for eyes or something) -- wanted to prove that black people are too dumb to get ID to vote. So he asked the members of a black church how many of them had failed to obtain this exotic, elusive object called "personal identification." Literally no one said they did not have identification so he quickly pivoted to a different point.

King Charles, long rumored to have secretly converted to Islam, not only issued Ramadan greetings during Lent, not only urged British citizens to learn more about Islam, but now says he will not issue any Easter message this year.

Oh well, Easter's not a big Christian holy day or anything I guess.

This post contains a bunch of claims about Charles' alleged conversion to Islam, which I have never heard and certainly cannot verify, but fuck this cuck.


I didn't even consider the Flat Earthers during yesterday's launch. How could I not think of the Flat Earthers? Apparently they're having a bad time, given that their whole stupid "the earth is totally flat you guys and NASA just fakes photos of a round earth" Identity.

So they're back to their usual cope. They claim that the rocket shown on video was actually an "inflatable," a large rocket-shaped dummy balloon to con the rubes.

He then repeats one of Cavernous Nostrils' key proofs for the moon landing being fake, to wit, how can they receive communications in space when Candace has problems getting cell phone coverage in the city? She actually said that. And she said it about radio transmissions during the 1969 moon landing. She showed no awareness at all that there was a kind of "wireless communication" available before she first got her cell phone in 2004.

I would say this account is a spoof, but... they really do believe and claim these things. So even if it is a goof, it's still just repeating actual conspiracy theory claims.

All systems are go!

So... is it a joke? Maybe but the stupidity is very real.

And now I think it's really real again.

This is legitimately amazing.

As you may have observed, the Nazi-curious podcast bros can no longer book any non-Nazi guests so they form an endless daisy chain of appearing on each other's little shows for "interviews" that consist of them going over the same exact ground as during the last "interview."

"Comic" Dave Smith is next again in Tucker Carlson's 9 Nazi Batting order.

And the place he goes to -- which even Tucker Carlson seems to have trouble believing he went to -- is just absolutely amazing. Thrilling, I would say. Sometimes a lie is just so brazen and absurd you're not even mad. You're appreciative. You just involuntarily stand and slow-clap and say "Bravo, Sir, Bravissimo!"

I think Tucker Carlson was closer to the truth when he started this clip by saying, "It's hardly my job to defend Jewish Americans." Yes, I think we are all agreed that this is not your job.

Here's "Comic" Dave Smith hosting and feting various other "leading fighters against antisemitism in this country."

Leo Austin
@sox_leo

48m

That show was perfectly timed -- April Fool's Day.

Ah! That explains it.

By the way, the only reason Tucker Carlson agrees that antisemitism is on the rise is because he wants to suggest that Israelis -- Jews -- are increasing antisemitism and it's within their power to arrest this rise in antisemitism if they just stop being dirty treacherous Jews all the time.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:42 PM




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Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (GD0B3)

2 not only urged British citizens to learn more about Islam

What if we did?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (gKWVE)

3 As you may have observed, the Nazi-curious podcast bros can no longer book any non-Nazi guests so they form an endless daisy chain of appearing on each other's little shows for "interviews" that consist of them going over the same exact ground as during the last "interview."

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never marry your sister !

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

4 I haven't seen it because I don't watch but I hear Candace said on a show she had no idea that lightning and thunder were related...

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (YwEeS)

5 Jews are responsible for antisemitism! That is been around for at least 2000 years.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)

6 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers
......

She just wants me to date her.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (UjdFS)

7 Gah! That fugly son of a hoor. Got so fkn sick and tired of seeing it *everywhere* those horrible 8 years...

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (rdVOm)

8 I'd just as soon King Charles keep mention of my religion out of his fifty Muslim mouth.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 06:48 PM (wBaIH)

9 Ovens had a problem wrapping her 60 IQ brain around existence of and dinosaurs. So there you go.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:48 PM (GD0B3)

10 7 The purple lipped cocksucker

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 06:48 PM (YwEeS)

11 The French police are surrendering.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (UjdFS)

12 Who here trusts the "consistent" legacy media?

Well, you need the entire Media Complex to work together to make the lies more believable; the truth is inconvenient or worse and just gets in the way.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (ynpvh)

13 "Chuck Schumer, when asked if he gives any credit to Trump for paying TSA agents after 42 days without pay"

Dems sure do love them some slaves...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (Xu7kS)

14 She showed no awareness at all that there was a kind of "wireless communication" available before she first got her cell phone in 2004.

How could a big spaceship with thick metal walls receive radio communication when my tinfoil hat is enough to block powerful Jew beams from entering my mind!?!?!?!

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (ycI94)

15 Looks like B.O. had his ears pinned back for that photo.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (UjdFS)

16 and RT if that pic up top sets off your gaydar. jfc

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (Xu7kS)

17 Newsom's avatar is wearing crown? I'm sure it's because he's an LA Kings fan and not his aspiration to be a king.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (5yDGQ)

18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wS8B1Qp5kQ

0berry Davis

Posted by: Desinex at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (jrgJz)

19 Anthony Burgess was mocking Charles as a muslim 40 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

20 There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

So, Crocodile Dundee style?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (XuXeR)

21 4 I haven't seen it because I don't watch but I hear Candace said on a show she had no idea that lightning and thunder were related...

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (YwEeS)

She DOES seem to have problems with cause and effect...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (ynpvh)

22 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

You mean the Ole "Austin Powers" Test is 100% Accurate ??

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (cAEZx)

23
King Tampon believes so much in everything that he believes in nothing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (xG4kz)

24 Some guy was claiming the moon landing had to be fake because Nixon was talking to the astronauts on a phone in the Oval Office, and there are no phones on the moon so duh...

Yeah, amateur radio operators had been doing phone patches for decades before the Apollo program.

Posted by: PabloD at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (NlRIv)

25 I find the Pakistan video frightening.

Rest assured, modern American policing has roots in British systems—specifically the London Metropolitan Police.

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:52 PM (NFX2v)

26 Commander Shit Stain on the cover.
Wooo Hu

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:52 PM (YvvFZ)

27 Only about an hour until the translunar injection burn...Where we find out if NASA still has the right stuff...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 06:53 PM (ESVrU)

28 King Charles is an arrogant SOB and a complete disaster in preserving whatever British culture exists. At this point, he's as anti-UK as Democrats are anti-American. He shamelessly slobbers over Islam. He's contributing to converting his country and will leave William and his descendants with a quite possibly the end of the Monarchy. At least he got to spend his life living like a privileged, pampered, useless piece of garbage with a want for nothing. Jug eared, ugly mofo. He's an abomination.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 06:53 PM (qBdHI)

29 As you may have observed, the Nazi-curious podcast bros can no longer book any non-Nazi guests so they form an endless daisy chain of appearing on each other's little shows for "interviews" that consist of them going over the same exact ground as during the last "interview."
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Yes, I've started to notice.

Also, I have never seen a clip of Comic Dave Smith doing, you know, comedy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:53 PM (RIvkX)

30 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wS8B1Qp5kQ

0berry Davis

Posted by: Desinex at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (jrgJz)

My kid needs a breathalyzer...but not for asthma...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (ynpvh)

31 [O/T -- ]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

I would like to thank the hardworking Commissioners and Staff of the National Capital Planning Commission, who just voted overwhelmingly, 8-1, to approve the magnificent White House Ballroom now rising on this Hallowed Ground. I am pleased to announce that even Board Member Senator Rand Paul, known as an extraordinarily difficult vote, voted a strong YES. For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House to accommodate people for Grand Parties, State Visits, and even, in the Modern Day, Inaugurations. I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project, which is on time and under budget, underway. When completed, it will be the Greatest and Most Beautiful Ballroom of its kind anywhere in the World, and a fabulous complement to our Beautiful and Storied White House! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (PZZ/j)

32 27 They fix the shitter?

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (YwEeS)

33 If King Cuck had any honor, he'd abdicate. But taquiyya > honor, I guess.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (Xu7kS)

34 We have funnier comics at the HQ. Fenelon probably does literal sermons with better jokes than anything Dave Smith says.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (gKWVE)

35 24 Some guy was claiming the moon landing had to be fake because Nixon was talking to the astronauts on a phone in the Oval Office, and there are no phones on the moon so duh...

Yeah, amateur radio operators had been doing phone patches for decades before the Apollo program.

Posted by: PabloD at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (NlRIv)

And the rainbows that water makes when it's sprayed is due to pollution...

And fire can't melt steel...

Lots of Einsteins.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 06:55 PM (ynpvh)

36 I think the SAT Test is BS anyway...

I remember kids taking practice SAT Tests which all they were doing is memorizing questions and answers....

SAT does not prove you can think and reason logically.....
Obama, Biden, and all these Brain-Dead Democrats brag about getting 1500 on their SAT and a have Bat Poop for Brains and cannot figure out how to change a light bulb.

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 02, 2026 06:55 PM (cAEZx)

37 Some guy was claiming the moon landing had to be fake because Nixon was talking to the astronauts on a phone in the Oval Office, and there are no phones on the moon so duh...

Yeah, amateur radio operators had been doing phone patches for decades before the Apollo program.
Posted by: PabloD at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (NlRIv)

They had a really big spool of wire like the coms guys in the Army back in the day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 06:56 PM (0aYVJ)

38
That Jugears McFuckstick is considered by some to be a President with a brain ought to be ...

... I cannot finish -- I am far too disheartened by contemplating how flatlined so many EEGs are in this country.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:56 PM (xG4kz)

39 Don Ballfingers Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment" when I was perp-walked as any criminal would be.
==

Shit Stain, you are a criminal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:56 PM (YvvFZ)

40 The London Met is rooted in racism and white supremacy and slave patrols and the IDF so that's why they got chased out h8ers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:56 PM (RIvkX)

41 27 Only about an hour until the translunar injection burn...Where we find out if NASA still has the right stuff...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 06:53 PM (ESVrU)

Sounds like a problem with a tranny's ass implant surgery...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 06:56 PM (ynpvh)

42 Where are his grades and SATs and LSATs?

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Do they keep track of grades in Kenya and Indonesia?

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (seACy)

43 Anthony Burgess was mocking Charles as a muslim 40 years ago.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

A lot of Brits have this odd Lawrence of Arabia thing going on.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

44 Sorry, France. Whatever. Who cares? Fvck France.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (RIvkX)

45 France is finished.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (HW/1v)

46 They fix the shitter?
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (YwEeS)

Cousin Eddie should have been a crew member.

Live and learn.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (0aYVJ)

47 >> Only about an hour until the translunar injection burn...

7:49 EDT. This will happen right at (or very near) the moment of perigee of the current high elliptical orbit. All the timing and launch windows and previous burning were to achieve the proper alignment in the Moon's orbital plane. See the tracker here:
https://is.gd/53g1Sg

That thing appears to be slow loading now -- maybe high load. But it's 3D and you can see the trajectory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

48 Wild scenes from Pakistan, as Islamist mobs chase the police out of their neighborhood 👇

Sorry for the typo, this is France.
---
Just click your heels and repeat "No-go zones are a myth! No-go zones are a myth!"

Geez, they gaslight us at every stop.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (Fi81e)

49 I don't recall seeing this reported here. Did I/we miss it, or is the Left blowing something out of proportion?

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

They’re ripping the headquarters out of Washington and shipping it to Salt Lake City, Utah — the beating heart of the anti-public-lands movement in America. They’re shuttering every single one of the ten regional offices that have governed this agency since Gifford Pinchot built the system over a century ago — and with them, the career professionals who spent entire lifetimes earning the expertise and the authority to push back when politicians came calling with bad ideas and worse motives. They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone...

That's just the tip of a giant article of fear and doom: https://tinyurl.com/4rt78ezt
Get your pudding cups ready if you read it lol

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (ycI94)

50 So Harry and Meg on the wrong side again, or not?

Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan's foundation cuts ties to Muslim group over 'hateful words'
USA TODAY
April 20, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (NFX2v)

51 Tucker should do a game show, "The Nazi Squares" like the hollywood squares, but with his normal guests. I don't know who the Paul Lynde of nazis is, which you would definitely need, so it may take some work getting a good balance but I think he should give it a try.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (3uBP9)

52 Don Ballfingers Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment" when I was perp-walked as any criminal would be.

At least you're a two trick pony.

You either pull the race card or the homo card .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (V4IXI)

53 >> Some guy was claiming the moon landing had to be fake because Nixon was talking to the astronauts on a phone in the Oval Office,

I was just going to mention that. That plays big in this. "Hah, hah, how can you have a land line going to the Moon?"

These people are retarded lunatics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (w6EFb)

54 Chuck Schumer, when asked if he gives any credit to Trump for paying TSA agents after 42 days without pay: "No."

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Why haven't the Democrat-Communists enlisted US District Clown Judge and Defacto POTUS KING Bozoberg to halt those payments?

/I mean, this simply cannot stand!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (seACy)

55 Before the summer's over muslim mobs will be tearing French policemen to pieces.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (LHPAg)

56 Willow'd:

>> Not that I trust Fox News, but I’d have to say of all of Trump’s picks that both the administrative state and the institutional left in general want out most, it would be Tulsi Gabbard. Having a once high profile Democrat and woman in a current high profile position hurts their attempt to say Trump is extreme.

It highlights who the extremists really are. This isn’t to say she shouldn’t be fired if she’s screwing up, but it would be a welcome scalp to the left.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (EXyHK)


Is there a heuristic where you can tell how likely Trump is to keep or fire someone by who their enemies are, or has he been as likely to fire people that are only hated by the left (but disappointed him somehow)? Does the Hordemind care to take a crack at it?

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (Sy6m/)

57 Wild scenes from Pakistan, as Islamist mobs chase the police out of their neighborhood 👇

Sorry for the typo, this is France.


But I told him that was my no-no square!!!

Posted by: Confused raped French woman who won't report to the police because that would make her racist at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (ycI94)

58 I would really like to see King Charles versus Megan Markle in a cage match.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 02, 2026 06:59 PM (EKyBq)

59 That thing appears to be slow loading now -- maybe high load. But it's 3D and you can see the trajectory.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)
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They just switched from the Deep Space Network to a different network used by ISS. Could be why it's experiencing some technical difficulties right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:00 PM (ESVrU)

60 "Chuck Schumer, when asked if he gives any credit to Trump for paying TSA agents after 42 days without pay: "No."

Chucky wants to torture average voters (apparently) so they will support his commie agenda items. Evil Chucky thinks that strategy works, since all MFM will back him up, but perhaps the tides are turning? (or the worm has turned?)

Orwellian psychology is very powerful, and many live in leftist delusional theater -- cosplay worlds.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:00 PM (vbXSk)

61 King Charles, long rumored to have secretly converted to Islam, not only issued Ramadan greetings during Lent, not only urged British citizens to learn more about Islam, but now says he will not issue any Easter message this year.

This is the same man who, IIRC, told Camilla on a phonecall that was recorded & leaked, that he wanted to be her tampon.

What part of your body do they cut off for committing that offense in Islam?

If William III turns out to be as much of a simp-cuck to the Religion of Submission as Chuck III is, then the U.K. is truly and well screwed (even more than currently).

The man is supposed to be the head of the Church of England and he won't even issue an Easter message that his minions can write for him?

That's insulting to the (real) English people.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

62
Why couldn't king Chas just have gone ahead and converted to a tampon* for his bulldog faced sweetie, instead of

converting to Islam?



*King Chuck's real life erotic wishcasting.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (iJfKG)

63 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (ycI94)

Utah is much closer to monstroustly huge tracts of Fed land that the US forest service needs to monitor that is Washington DC. I say ship a good number of them to Alaska...it has lots of forest...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (ynpvh)

64 "so they form an endless daisy chain of appearing on each other's little shows"

next up on The Tucker Carlson Elephant Walk Hour...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (Xu7kS)

65 Birthright Citizenship Update:

Dem Rep Delia Ramirez, who was born in the US to a mom who illegally entered the country — today has called for...

===

Yes, their citizenship status should be stripped and deported to wait for Mom's release from prison.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

66 51 Tucker should do a game show, "The Nazi Squares" like the hollywood squares, but with his normal guests. I don't know who the Paul Lynde of nazis is, which you would definitely need, so it may take some work getting a good balance but I think he should give it a try.
Posted by: banana Dream

Ideally, you'd have to draw a swastika to win instead of just getting 3 in a row, but that might be tough with just 9 squares.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (ycI94)

67 A funny aside about the U.S. Forest Service, do not ever accidently call them the U.S. Forestry Service. They don't like that and will take a good amount of time explaining your error.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Lumberjack in training at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (3uBP9)

68 Perhaps for tomorrow?

Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George
Updated on: April 2, 2026 / 6:05 PM EDT / CBS News

It's all just too much for today.

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (NFX2v)

69 He spewed Marxist rhetoric

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

70 Most things are a capital-O Op. Once you look at everything from the perspective of the sowing of discord and division (with the end goal of Marxist Dictatorship), you end up with zero further questions.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (vE0+H)

71 There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-
Don't go commando!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)

72 67 A funny aside about the U.S. Forest Service, do not ever accidently call them the U.S. Forestry Service. They don't like that and will take a good amount of time explaining your error.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space Lumberjack in training at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (3uBP

Well now that I know that guess what I will call them if the opportunity ever arises.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:02 PM (V4IXI)

73 Who is Dave Smith?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)

74 Frenchie police should have returned a whiff of grape.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)

75 France ,Germany and the UK kill off their working class and import millions of benefit seeking jihadis.

Only difference between them and us is there are no kebab trucks.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:03 PM (+nEug)

76 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

Trust the Science (TM), though I suggest wearing latex gloves.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:03 PM (glnUu)

77 >>>the rocket shown on video was actually an "inflatable," a large rocket-shaped dummy balloon to con the rubes.
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And the vapor trail, the hugest ever. The amount of chemicals spewed into the atmosphere by govt planes pale in comparison to the amount by that rocket. Florida is changed forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 07:03 PM (YvvFZ)

78 Utah is much closer to monstroustly huge tracts of Fed land that the US forest service needs to monitor that is Washington DC. I say ship a good number of them to Alaska...it has lots of forest...
Posted by: jim

But Kate Upton lives in Florida, and her huge tracts of land also need careful watching and attention.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 02, 2026 07:03 PM (ycI94)

79 Your blog, your rules, ace...


But can I mildly suggest that three posts in one day about Tuqr and/or Cavernous Nostrils is just kinda...heavy?

I mean fuck these assholes in general and I know your stance that not talking about them doesn't help, but I fancy a middle ground.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (oqH4h)

80 I would really like to see King Charles versus Megan Markle in a cage match.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

Grudge match.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (ndZc7)

81 Looked him up. Still have no idea who he is.

He does not meet the Dane Cook level of comedians ace references.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (zZu0s)

82 Ugh, it's hard to see the visage of the SCFOAMF upon refresh. It's like a flashback of being tied to the TX Chainsaw Massacre family table and unable to escape the nightmare.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (qBdHI)

83 Don Ballfingers Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment" when I was perp-walked as any criminal would be.

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"I will offer $100,000 to the United Negro Homosexual Retarded College Fund for any (especially video) proof of this."

-- Zombie Andrew Breitbart

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (seACy)

84 That Obama Meme from "Newsom" was a direct DNC sponsored counter to Trump's embarrasingly effective branding of the Obamas a few months back.

Why did Trump brand the Obamas in a way people cannot get away from every time they look at them? Because they wield too much unearned power and cachet. This is how he fights.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (vE0+H)

85 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

You mean the Ole "Austin Powers" Test is 100% Accurate ??
Posted by: Jackson K.
===

Are there any males playing on women's teams that have actually been castrated?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (/lPRQ)

86 67 A funny aside about the U.S. Forest Service, do not ever accidently call them the U.S. Forestry Service. They don't like that and will take a good amount of time explaining your error.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Lumberjack in training at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (3uBP9)

"Is it poisonous or venomous?"
"Yes"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (ynpvh)

87 Ugh, it's hard to see the visage of the SCFOAMF upon refresh. It's like a flashback of being tied to the TX Chainsaw Massacre family table and unable to escape the nightmare.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 07:04 PM (qBdHI)

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lol

I had a vague sense of what it must have been like to have experienced horrible "bad trip" LSD flashbacks ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (seACy)

88 Helprin's Freddy & Fredericka is really about Charles and Diana but in alternate history. He explains the whole tampon thing away by Freddy discussing fish, specifically a tarpon but it all got misconstrued. It is actually a very funny and heartwarming book like a lot of Helprin's works are.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Lumberjack in training at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

89 Hey, at least the French cops decided they'd rather run some dickheads over with their cars rather than watch the windshield get beat in followed by their rapid extraction from the front seat.

At least somebody with authority in France has an instinct for survival.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)

90
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Are there any males playing on women's teams that have actually been castrated?

[oops]

It seems she doubts there are any.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (/lPRQ)

91 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

I'll do it.

99 times out of 100 it'll not be scary.

70% of the time, it might be fun.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (Sco7b)

92 Chucky wants to torture average voters (apparently) so they will support his commie agenda items. Evil Chucky thinks that strategy works, since all MFM will back him up, but perhaps the tides are turning? (or the worm has turned?)

Orwellian psychology is very powerful, and many live in leftist delusional theater -- cosplay worlds.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:00 PM (vbXSk)
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Schumer is a power-mad retard that sees the writing on the wall that his run of the mill Democrat stupidity will lose him a primary to AOC, so he's going Full Retard to prove that he's a true culture warrior for the left.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (oqH4h)

93 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers
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Um.. A blood test?

All school athletes normally need to get a physical.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (Fi81e)

94 Fun Fact: I've seen the sneaky neighborhood Jews kill the local feral dogs and feed them to muslims in take-out with chickpeas.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (UqSya)

95 I think this is a hate crime in Britain

https://tinyurl.com/27z2ufj5

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (rbvCR)

96 "King Charles, long rumored to have secretly converted to Islam"

Didn't even consider putting that one my 2026 bingo card. Isn't King Overbite the head of the Church of England? That is going to make for an awkward moment when the Easter ham is served.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (glnUu)

97 Are there any males playing on women's teams that have actually been castrated?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (/lPRQ)
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It's definitely not schlong-bouncing Lia as "she" walks through the girls' lockerroom.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:08 PM (Fi81e)

98 Hey king Chuckles: Everthing I need to know about islam was learned on Sept. 11. 2001.

Posted by: Cosda at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (fK3VZ)

99
If you want another hoot, scroll down that FlatEarthTruth feed 'till you get to the "Tartaria" stuff. And the "mud flood".

That's another big one. History is all fake and gay, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (w6EFb)

100 What Church of England? That fucker died 20 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (+nEug)

101 Didn't even consider putting that one my 2026 bingo card. Isn't King Overbite the head of the Church of England? That is going to make for an awkward moment when the Easter ham is served.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (glnUu)

I have heard the charge before. Going on 10 years back. Supposedly one of the reasons QEII was not particularly enthused with her offspring.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (zZu0s)

102 I have no fucks left to give about Europe. I feel for the couple of countries who don't hate us with a passion . They just dislike us .

I would like a complete disconnect from them military and economically. Concentrate on our hemisphere neighbors to make them stronger than Europe.

Now what to do about Canada?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (V4IXI)

103 >>> "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

I'll do it.

99 times out of 100 it'll not be scary.

70% of the time, it might be fun.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (Sco7b)


Excellent callback to my Flap Meat comment in the last thread. This is how you do things people!

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Lumberjack in training at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (3uBP9)

104 [Nancy's daughter] Christine Pelosi
@sfpelosi
Deep thanks to the Supreme Court sketch artist who produced this masterpiece as Justice Jackson schooled the birther-in-chief on #BirthrightCitizenship.

https://is.gd/9m6RkS

-
I've got it! The moon shot was fake and this is real.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:10 PM (ndZc7)

105 Don Ballfingers Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment" when I was perp-walked as any criminal would be.

At least you're a two trick pony.
You either pull the race card or the homo card .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

===

'Nancy' LeMon.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)

106 King Charles, long rumored to have secretly converted to Islam, not only issued Ramadan greetings during Lent, not only urged British citizens to learn more about Islam, but now says he will not issue any Easter message this year.

------------

I gotta admit, it really irks me when Trump praises that tampon as a "great guy" or whatever he constantly refers to him as.

Of course, this is Trump -- who claims to be BFFs with Kim Jong Un, Chairman "Winnie the Pooh" Xi, and Putin.

Ugh.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:10 PM (seACy)

107 History is all fake and gay, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (w6EFb)
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I have suspected such, in the past.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)

108 Are there any males playing on women's teams that have actually been castrated?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:06 PM (/lPRQ)

I think Renee Richards was fully transitioned but he was terrible so it wasn't a big deal at the time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:11 PM (V4IXI)

109 100 What Church of England? That fucker died 20 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (+nEug)

They just appointed the first female archbishop of Canterbury.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:11 PM (6ydKt)

110 So they're back to their usual cope. They claim that the rocket shown on video was actually an "inflatable," a large rocket-shaped dummy balloon to con the rubes.

------------

"No way #Woke NASA would pollute the environment with a Mylar Balloon, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (seACy)

111 >>> Some guy was claiming the moon landing had to be fake because Nixon was talking to the astronauts on a phone in the Oval Office, and there are no phones on the moon so duh...

I'm 90% sure we went to the moon, but the argument is there should have been more of a delay in the back and forth nature of the phone call.

Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (q177U)

112 Islamist mobs chase French cops.

Contrast with Italy, the other day, arrested 91 antifa in one fell swoop.
Contrast with US pulling in 4 out of 40.

We are going to be France if we keep
restricting cops from doing a full job.
What was it that screwed our guys in the sandbox?
ROE, stupid ROEs degrade efficacy and get our people killed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (YvvFZ)

113 I didn't even consider the Flat Earthers during yesterday's launch. How could I not think of the Flat Earthers?

Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)

114 Look out! Canada's butthurt!

Frank J. Fleming
@IMAO_
Why are we letting a Canadian go to our moon?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (ndZc7)

115 History was written by the queers.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (Fi81e)

116 Ugh.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:10 PM (seACy)

That's just the salesman in Trump.
He schmoozes everybody... until they cross him.
Then he unloads like the St. Valentines Day Massacre.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:13 PM (6ydKt)

117 How do the flat earthers explain the other celestial bodies they can see with the naked eye or telescope?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:13 PM (V4IXI)

118 I didn't even consider the Flat Earthers during yesterday's launch. How could I not think of the Flat Earthers?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)
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Funny thing, is that's exactly what I thought of.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:13 PM (Fi81e)

119 Wifey just asked is "Cavernous Nostrils" Candace Owens?

"Yes, but I prefer to call her Cavernous Orifices (Orifi?)."

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:14 PM (seACy)

120 How do the flat earthers explain the other celestial bodies they can see with the naked eye or telescope?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:13 PM (V4IXI)
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Jewish tricks.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

121 They just switched from the Deep Space Network to a different network used by ISS. Could be why it's experiencing some technical difficulties right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:00 PM (ESVrU)


That or their Microsoft Teams has packed it in again.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)

122 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers
---
Um.. A blood test?

All school athletes normally need to get a physical.
Posted by: Axeman

===

How do they do the
"Turn your head and cough" test for the girls?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)

123 "There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"

-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers

DNA, with X and Y chromosomes, laugh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:15 PM (u82oZ)

124 109 100 What Church of England? That fucker died 20 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (+nEug)

They just appointed the first female archbishop of Canterbury.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
---

name is changed. it is now
Archbishop of Canterbutt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 07:15 PM (YvvFZ)

125 ... one of Cavernous Nostrils' key proofs for the moon landing being fake, to wit, how can they receive communications in space when Candace has problems getting cell phone coverage in the city?

-------------

"Believe us, it's a lot easier to control radio transmissions than it is to control the weather!"

/The Jooos

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:15 PM (seACy)

126 Jug eared, ugly mofo. He's an abomination.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Plus, chinless, gut-eating, moslem homo.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 02, 2026 07:15 PM (cxFcK)

127 How do the flat earthers explain the other celestial bodies they can see with the naked eye or telescope?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Vague conspiracy theories.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:15 PM (glnUu)

128 That or their Microsoft Teams has packed it in again.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvC

Trying to get ahold of 'Tony' at the help desk in Mumbai .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (V4IXI)

129 Going on 40 years now since Camilla needed a tampon.

Posted by: The Sands of Time at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (oY1HT)

130 SpeakingOf, who better to oversee the demise of Christianity in England.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (+nEug)

131 Orion is really moving along now...14,000+ mph and increasing rapidly as it nears its lowest altitude: 115 miles above the Earth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (ESVrU)

132 Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)


Out of order?! Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

133 Why are we letting a Canadian go to our moon?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (ndZc7)
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He could always consider suicide on the way there.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)

134 >> but the argument is there should have been more of a delay in the back and forth nature of the phone call.

All of these objections have been answered -- at one time there was a site that went through all these "plausible sounding" objections (the nutter stuff is ignored, you can't reason with crazy).

There was a delay as expected. It was edited out in a lot of the broadcasts. Now, the way it works. Nixon says "hell". Takes 2 seconds to get to the Moon. Then Armstrong hears it. He replies. Takes another 2 seconds to get back.

Now, on Nixon's end, there is a big delay between when he talks and Armstrong reponds, but no delay between Nixon responding to Armstrong, because we're listening on the same end.

One the Moon it was just opposite. From Armstrong's frame, he replied to Nixon with no delay, and there was a big delay for Nixon's reply.

Again, many networks at the time just edited out that delay because it was annoying and time consuming.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (w6EFb)

135 >>> Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)


[astronaut uses CTRL-F to search email, entire universe is forwarded then implodes]

Posted by: banana Dream - Space IT in training at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (3uBP9)

136 Let freedom ring!

Ian Speir
@IanSpeir
Colorado is now requiring lawyers in the State, as a condition of logging into its court e-filing system, to promise not to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing federal immigration law.

-
Hard to believe now but I used to be proud to be an attorney.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ndZc7)

137 Remein his prime years that Leftists swore he was the smartest President ever.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

138 I didn't even consider the Flat Earthers during yesterday's launch. How could I not think of the Flat Earthers?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)
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Funny thing, is that's exactly what I thought of.
Posted by: Axeman

I should have put quotes around the Flat Earth bit - that is from Ace.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (glnUu)

139 Ian Speir
@IanSpeir
Colorado is now requiring lawyers in the State, as a condition of logging into its court e-filing system, to promise not to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing federal immigration law.

-
Hard to believe now but I used to be proud to be an attorney.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026
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Will they accept a pinkie swear?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ESVrU)

140 Maybe to get away from the Canadian government?

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)

141 Lemon: "I was given the n-word treatment"

Horrors! They called the little [excretory expletive] a Nazi!

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 02, 2026 07:18 PM (j7INY)

142
Dr. Eli David
@DrEliDavid

Wild scenes from Pakistan, as Islamist mobs chase the police out of their neighborhood 👇

Sorry for the typo, this is France.

---------------

Old & Busted: No-Mo Zones.
New Hotness: No-Go Zones.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:18 PM (seACy)

143
There's just no way to determine an athlete's sex other than reaching under her skirt and fondling her genitals!"
-- the Genius Alexandria Donkey-Chompers
=====
I'll do it.
99 times out of 100 it'll not be scary.
70% of the time, it might be fun.
Posted by: Stateless

The 1970s USSR female power lifting team has selected Stateless as their qualifying gender inspection agent. You'll get all the SnuSnu you can stand, but sadly, you'll not die from it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 02, 2026 07:18 PM (QVmho)

144 >> nears its lowest altitude: 115 miles above the Earth.

Look up the Oberth Effect/Maneuver. The TLI burn will occur right at that perigee.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:18 PM (w6EFb)

145 Ballfinger
He's the man
The man with the stinky touch

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)

146 Are there any males playing on women's teams that have actually been castrated?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Unless you castrate them around 12 weeks, in utero, they've still got an advantage. Cut the balls off a 20-year-old, and he's still got the bigger lung capacity, the denser skeleton, all the muscular differences.....

Posted by: the chicken at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (VHUov)

147 136 Let freedom ring!

Ian Speir
@IanSpeir
Colorado is now requiring lawyers in the State, as a condition of logging into its court e-filing system, to promise not to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing federal immigration law.

-
Hard to believe now but I used to be proud to be an attorney.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ndZc7)

So CO mandates breaking Fed law in order to access the court e-filing system almost every lawyer uses...Seems a bit skeevy and unconstitutional...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (ynpvh)

148 "how can they receive communications in space when Candace has problems getting cell phone coverage in the city? She actually said that."

I gotta admit, I could not give a detailed explanation of how radio (or whatever) signals are transmitted across open space. They (those guys that say things) say sound waves don't travel in space, but I guess radio is more like light, with its own particles or something?

There are probably YouTube videos that could give me the details in five minutes or so. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (vbXSk)

149 off, road-crossing sock.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (VHUov)

150 [Jews] power to arrest this rise in antisemitism if they just stop being dirty treacherous Jews all the time.
---

That's it, never buying a Swanson product.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 07:20 PM (YvvFZ)

151 Looks like B.O. had his ears pinned back for that photo.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (UjdFS)

Boob tape, probably.

Because he's such a boob.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 02, 2026 07:20 PM (w6EFb)

152 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Burner phones and ICE on speed dial.

To me it sounds like the CO government wants to succeed from the US.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

153


[astronaut uses CTRL-F to search email, entire universe is forwarded then implodes]

Posted by: banana Dream

Obviously, they don't know the color of a green orange. Let's hope Clippy isn't running things for them.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 02, 2026 07:20 PM (QVmho)

154 If we were communicating with the people of Pluto we would have about a 5 hour delay between communiques.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:20 PM (V4IXI)

155
So CO mandates breaking Fed law in order to access the court e-filing system almost every lawyer uses...Seems a bit skeevy and unconstitutional...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (ynpvh)


I wonder if a CO attorney could get debarred by the state bar for false swearing.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

156 130 SpeakingOf, who better to oversee the demise of Christianity in England.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:16 PM (+nEug)

Sarah Mullally.
She's a total lefty, as expected.

The natives of England are overwhelmingly atheist anyhow.
The CoE has little influence for most people there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)

157 Look up the Oberth Effect/Maneuver. The TLI burn will occur right at that perigee.
Posted by: publius

I saw a Perigree Falcon recently and several Pelican(s).

Posted by: "P" Birds Are Best at April 02, 2026 07:22 PM (oY1HT)

158 Schumer is a power-mad retard that sees the writing on the wall that his run of the mill Democrat stupidity will lose him a primary to AOC, so he's going Full Retard to prove that he's a true culture warrior for the left.
Posted by: ballistic

Just like when Brandon branded his tour bus, to reach those young blue haired HR and communists, the NO MALARKEY TOUR.

I'll bet they didn't put 30 miles on that bus.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 02, 2026 07:22 PM (cxFcK)

159 Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (vbXSk)

Radio waves travel at the speed of light. And just like light they can be interfered with.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)

160 148 "how can they receive communications in space when Candace has problems getting cell phone coverage in the city? She actually said that."

I gotta admit, I could not give a detailed explanation of how radio (or whatever) signals are transmitted across open space. They (those guys that say things) say sound waves don't travel in space, but I guess radio is more like light, with its own particles or something?

There are probably YouTube videos that could give me the details in five minutes or so. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (vbXSk)

The electric field of an electromagnetic wave (light, radio waves, microwaves, etc) generates an orthogonal magnetic field which in turn generates an orthogonal electric field...thus transiting through the void of space.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (ynpvh)

161 illiniwek

Radio waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in a different place from light.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)

162 BREAKING: In his interview with foreign agent Tucker Carlson, Comic Dave Smith has finally said something funny.

“I think you are one of the leading fighters against antisemitism in the country.”

------------

That's gotta be a Babylon Bee AI Deep Fake parody.

/Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (seACy)

163 no, Pluto is 5 light hours away but then they have to respond back, so that's another 5 hours

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)

164 95 I think this is a hate crime in Britain

https://tinyurl.com/27z2ufj5
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:07 PM (rbvCR)
HoHo. By the way, I've not see Amelie? lately. WTH?

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (LHPAg)

165 163 no, Pluto is 5 light hours away but then they have to respond back, so that's another 5 hours

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)

Uranus is no better...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (ynpvh)

166 I saw a Perigree Falcon recently and several Pelican(s).
Posted by: "P" Birds Are Best


* sneaks in *

Posted by: a ptarmigan at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (VHUov)

167 My wife had problems determining the difference between cell phone connection, wifi and bluetooth.
Eventually I told her that it was like AM, FM and TV.
This didn't explain anything, but did help when she was burning data on her tablet at home when she could use the wifi instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:25 PM (rbvCR)

168 I sure hope Ace doesn't put Gaylord's picture at the top of the next post. That might be too cruel, even for VDH.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Xu7kS)

169 Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?

Posted by: We Are Too A Planet! at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (oY1HT)

170 Colorado does not have the authority to break disclosure / discovery or whatever. Any lawyer blocked from this system can make an emergency call to the Federal court system which will whack all the pee pees.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

171
You'll also find a good bit of "intersection" between the flat earthers and the jew-hating conspiracy shit when you scroll through their crap.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (w6EFb)

172 So CO mandates breaking Fed law in order to access the court e-filing system almost every lawyer uses...Seems a bit skeevy and unconstitutional...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (ynpvh)


How about immigration attorneys? Do they have to not cooperate and file properly? Refuse to appear at scheduled times.

What about non-client issues with other attorneys? Do they have to violate federal law and lie if asked if the janitor has 'papers'?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (/lPRQ)

173 gKWVE

Issac Asimov wrote a short story about that. The Earth Scientists were stumped by the time delay to Pluto.

The protagonist's Jewish mother said "Just keep talking."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (u82oZ)

174 That's gotta be a Babylon Bee AI Deep Fake parody.
/Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (seACy)


Nope, Dave is an idiot who thinks there is only one simple answer to the world, and he holds it in his hand.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

175 Hey king Chuckles: Everthing I need to know about islam was learned on Sept. 11. 2001.
Posted by: Cosda at April 02, 2026 07:09 PM (fK3VZ)
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10/12/2000

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (vE0+H)

176 163 no, Pluto is 5 light hours away but then they have to respond back, so that's another 5 hours

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)
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This does kind of put the vastness of space into some perspective.

It takes 4 YEARS to get a signal from Alpha Centauri (give or take a month), but only 5 hours to receive a signal from Pluto.

Space is ginormous...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (ESVrU)

177 >> Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?

I don't know, but Uranians are all assholes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (w6EFb)

178 Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?
Posted by: We Are Too A Planet!


Not sure, but a group of them is a plutoon.

Posted by: a ptarmigan at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (VHUov)

179 171 You'll also find a good bit of "intersection" between the flat earthers and the jew-hating conspiracy shit when you scroll through their crap.
Posted by: publius


Oh, you've been on Vox Day's site too.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)

180 Pluto is 5 light hours away but then they have to respond back, so that's another 5 hours
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE)

I thought I said that. I said between communiques which to me meant for each communiques.

One communique takes five hours . The next communique back takes five hours.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (V4IXI)

181 If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (YlWIZ)

182 These bird socks.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (VHUov)

183 And we know which "P" bird is the VERY Best!!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (oY1HT)

184 169 Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?
Posted by: We Are Too A Planet! at April 02, 2026 07:26 PM (oY1HT)
Plutons.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (LHPAg)

185
“I think you are one of the leading fighters against antisemitism in the country.”
------------

That's gotta be a Babylon Bee AI Deep Fake parody.

/Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (seACy)

He's an Anti-Semitic Fighter

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (vE0+H)

186 >>>Speaking of stuff that doesn't work in real life. Apparently the astronauts are using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails, manage their calendar, and todo lists. Its not working.

https://is.gd/nJlqKc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions

>I can't get that shit program, Outlook to synchronize with Win11 since I went from fingerprint recognition to facial recognition between my phone and new notebook. No worries, - this is not a matter of National Security, but job security for IT dorks, and the coding geeks build more and more layers of bullshit and it gets more and more less productive.

It took 3 days to get my old printer working because I couldn't get a simple driver, and I had to download a DVD-sized driver suite and tweak it thru 5 reboots and 3 crashes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (UqSya)

187 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (ycI94)

Utah is much closer to monstroustly huge tracts of Fed land that the US forest service needs to monitor that is Washington DC. I say ship a good number of them to Alaska...it has lots of forest...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:01 PM (ynpvh)

I remember when the Ag Department in Connecticut built some boat ramps on a golf course rather than yield the money to a state with actual agriculture.

Break them up, move them out of DC, put the labs where the forests are - nowhere east of the Appalachians.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 07:29 PM (8avO+)

188 If Charles III converts to Mohammedanism, can he still head the Church of England?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 07:30 PM (to48P)

189 If you like your delusion, however, there’s an acronym for that. Talk to your doctor about FAFOnyl.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (YlWIZ)

190
MontanaFreePress.org has an article about the Forest Service.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (3ek7K)

191 Charles doesn't have to convert he just needs to keep cashing the checks.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (+nEug)

192 Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?
Posted by: We Are Too A Planet!

Not sure, but a group of them is a plutoon.
Posted by: a ptarmigan at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (VHUov)
---
Plutonian, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (ESVrU)

193 If Charles III converts to Mohammedanism, can he still head the Church of England?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

He could behead it...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (Xu7kS)

194 France has great wine and cheeses and as a rich American, I enjoy vacationing in other people's poverty and filth.

Posted by: Fat Rich American Tourist at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (HUHft)

195 MontanaFreePress.org has an article about the Forest Service.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (3ek7K)

Forestry Service😀

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (V4IXI)

196 >>> I gotta admit, I could not give a detailed explanation of how radio (or whatever) signals are transmitted across open space. They (those guys that say things) say sound waves don't travel in space, but I guess radio is more like light, with its own particles or something?

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:19 PM (vbXSk)


It travels through the luminiferous ether actually.

Posted by: Robert Boyle at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (3uBP9)

197
Live NASA stream of the upcoming TLI burn:
https://is.gd/Fa4KLg

Isaacman is there in MC himself for this one.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)

198 "The electric field of an electromagnetic wave (light, radio waves, microwaves, etc) generates an orthogonal magnetic field which in turn generates an orthogonal electric field...thus transiting through the void of space." Posted by: jim

"Radio waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in a different place from light." Posted by: NaCly Dog

OK, thx. But light has photons, does an electromagnetic field also carry some (tiny?) particle? I'm sure I had this in Physics 107, but that was 50 years ago. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (vbXSk)

199 Laura Ingraham has a spot about illegal aliens. Then cuts to a commercial by ACLU supporting birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 07:33 PM (Cqx++)

200 King Charles
Vegetarian starters and alcohol-free cocktails

The visit took place during Ramadan and was adapted to accommodate fasting Muslim guests by skipping the usual lunch, serving alcohol-free cocktails, and preparing a pescatarian menu.

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 07:33 PM (RiT5e)

201 192 Are the people of Pluto Plutans, Plutites, or what exactly?
Posted by: We Are Too A Planet!

Not sure, but a group of them is a plutoon.
Posted by: a ptarmigan at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (VHUov)
---
Plutonian, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (ESVrU)

It's a Plutocracy over there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:34 PM (ynpvh)

202 191 Charles doesn't have to convert he just needs to keep cashing the checks.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (+nEug)
Charles could learn a thing or too from that guy Aragorn.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg)

203 OK, thx. But light has photons, does an electromagnetic field also carry some (tiny?) particle? I'm sure I had this in Physics 107, but that was 50 years ago. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (vbXSk)
----
Photons *are* the particles carried by all waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. Or the particles carry the waves.

It gets a bit fuzzy as photons are both particles AND waves.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:34 PM (ESVrU)

204 195 MontanaFreePress.org has an article about the Forest Service.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 02, 2026 07:31 PM (3ek7K)

Forestry Service😀
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Nooooooo! I've been mis-bureaued!

Posted by: Forest Service Redditor at April 02, 2026 07:34 PM (ycI94)

205 The natives of England are overwhelmingly atheist anyhow.
The CoE has little influence for most people there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)

They had a huge blow up some years ago 2012 maybe when the political and immoral Bishops led to a split with Anglicans from abroad. Most British Anglicans either went Roman Catholic or joined the foreign synods. I used to follow it on a few religious blogs back when blogs were a thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

206 jim (in Kalifornia)

Do they have a Visa to arrive in the Solar System?

Illegal aliens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:35 PM (u82oZ)

207 203 OK, thx. But light has photons, does an electromagnetic field also carry some (tiny?) particle? I'm sure I had this in Physics 107, but that was 50 years ago. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (vbXSk)
----
Photons *are* the particles carried by all waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. Or the particles carry the waves.

It gets a bit fuzzy as photons are both particles AND waves.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:34 PM (ESVrU)

Even matter makes waves, though they have an extremely tiny amplitude, which can be useful. See Atom Interferometer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:36 PM (ynpvh)

208 >>>>10/12/2000
Posted by: ...
*********
We had many lessons. Unfortunately our betters haven't learned much.

Posted by: Cosda at April 02, 2026 07:36 PM (fK3VZ)

209 I saw Luminiferous Ether open for Chinese Rock on their I Wanna Be Sedated Tour at the Roxy in 83.

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at April 02, 2026 07:37 PM (oY1HT)

210 If Charles III converts to Mohammedanism, can he still head the Church of England?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 07:30 PM (to48P)

Well he can't be Catholic, that's illegal. Not sure if that means he can't be Muslim legally.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 07:37 PM (8avO+)

211 Cafe is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 07:37 PM (NcvvS)

212 >>> It travels through the luminiferous ether actually.
Posted by: Robert Boyle at April 02, 2026 07:32 PM (3uBP9)


Wrong! It's just particles.

Posted by: Newton at April 02, 2026 07:38 PM (3uBP9)

213 Moon moon moon
We’re going to the
Moon moon
Moon

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 07:38 PM (A5RD0)

214 Wrong! It's just particles.
Posted by: Newton at April 02, 2026 07:38 PM (3uBP9)

Wrong it's vortices in an elastic ether!

Posted by: Maxwell at April 02, 2026 07:39 PM (3uBP9)

215 206 jim (in Kalifornia)

Do they have a Visa to arrive in the Solar System?

Illegal aliens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:35 PM (u82oZ)

Maybe the answer to a higher authority, like those hot dogs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:40 PM (ynpvh)

216 The electric field of an electromagnetic wave (light, radio waves, microwaves, etc) generates an orthogonal magnetic field which in turn generates an orthogonal electric field...thus transiting through the void of space.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 07:23 PM (ynpvh)

------------

I remember learning about the famous electomagnetic "right hand rule" in physics.

Then learning that the Earth's poles flip polarity (reversing the Earth's magnetic field) every 250,000 years or so (based on the last 20 million years of history) -- and wondered when that happens again, will all of our electronics fail (will electromagnetism then follow a left-hand rule)?

[Per Brave "AI":] No, not all electronics will fail, as the Earth's magnetic field is too weak to directly disrupt the operation of most modern solid-state devices. However, the reversal process involves a significant weakening of the magnetic shield, which could leave satellites and power grids vulnerable to solar storms and cosmic radiation, potentially causing widespread blackouts and satellite damage.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:41 PM (seACy)

217 urged British citizens to learn more about Islam

Lots of us leared plenty about Islam after 9/11 and have continued to do so. Who could forget the touching funeral of Farfour the knockoff Mickey Mouse after he was allegedly martyred trying to bum rush an IDF checkpoint?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:41 PM (oyazo)

218 [ALSO:] "The laws of electromagnetism will not follow a left-hand rule if the Earth's magnetic poles flip. The right-hand rule is a convention adopted by the scientific community for consistency, not a physical law dictated by the direction of the Earth's magnetic field."

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 07:41 PM (seACy)

219 >>> Wrong it's vortices in an elastic ether!
Posted by: Maxwell at April 02, 2026 07:39 PM (3uBP9)


Nah bro. It's kinda both a wave and a particle.

Posted by: Planck at April 02, 2026 07:43 PM (3uBP9)

220 Ace is so right about white nationalist Tucker Carlson only being able to interview fellow Nazis at this point. In addition to the Nazi Smith, his last guests have been James Webb’s Nazi son, self-styled Aryan Joe Kent (both of whom claim to be military veterans of some kind) and Avraham Burg, a former interim President of Israel. Vile antisemitic Nazis, all of them!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson is an antisemitic racist at April 02, 2026 07:45 PM (CowIf)

221 Seen on Insty: novelty "love chocolate" is being recalled because it contains "life threatening" amounts of Viagra.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 07:49 PM (aUxYo)

222 For people who enjoyed yesterday's launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_UjVpIdxWs

Fuck you flat earth ass hats.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 08:00 PM (D7v4F)

223 Itan war going do badly that US Army Chief of Staff shit canned

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (VAoZ8)

224 ICE hating Teacher is named Abrahamson. That’s a traditional Christian name I believe. Wait a second no it isn’t. It’s a name from a group of people who sure do love to hate whites. And yet here we are fighting a war for them.

Gross.

Posted by: The Js strike again at April 02, 2026 08:11 PM (HmCtv)

225 The Socialists will never forgive the Jews for their murder of them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 08:42 PM (4NO2D)

226 You never question His brilliance. Ever. You ask to see His SAT and LSAT again, you WILL be charged with insolence.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 09:38 PM (hJH5n)

227 Not totally surprised about King Charles...yet I am.

Makes some sense as to why eeslam has had an open door to the UK. Altho Queen Elizabeth was supposedly Christian.

The Princess of Wales, Catherine, often wears a cross.

Here's to hoping Charles steps down. Not that I honestly care except I've never liked looking at him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 09:49 PM (WONhk)

Bondi's Out.
Is Tulsi Next?!

As you know, Pam Bondi was fired today.

This article repeats the rumor that Trump believed she was leaking to Eric Swallwell:

Trump was also frustrated with Bondi because he believes she may have alerted California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to an effort by the administration to release files from an investigation into his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy, one of the sources told Semafor.

Regarding the claim that Bondi was fired because it was suspected she tipped off her friend Eric Swallwell about Patel's interest in releasing the Fang-Fang files:

Reagan Reese
@reaganreese_

27m

A source familiar with Bondi's firing tells me this is "BULLSHIT."

That doesn't mean much but it's only fair that I post the denial.


But word is -- Trump's coming for Tulsi Gabbard next.

According to the Guardian, Trump polled his other Cabinet Sectaries about whether she was worth keeping or not:

Donald Trump has privately asked cabinet officials in recent weeks whether he should replace his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, venting frustration that she shielded a former deputy who undercut his rationale for war with Iran, according to two people briefed on the discussions.

It is not clear that Trump will actually fire Gabbard over the episode. Currently, there is no standout candidate to take the job, and advisers have cautioned that creating a high-profile vacancy before a successor is ready could cause unhelpful political distractions.

But Trump's discussions mark an ominous development for Gabbard, given the president tends to poll his advisers when he starts to seriously consider whether a personnel change is necessary. The two people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Trump's doubts about Gabbard followed her testimony at the worldwide threats hearing on Capitol Hill last month where she declined to condemn Joe Kent, who had resigned days earlier after arguing that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States, the people said.

The nature of Kent's departure and his criticism of the war had already angered Trump, but he expressed particular frustration about Gabbard seemingly defending Kent and appearing reluctant to defend the administration's position to attack Iran, the people said.

Trump seems to have formerly been employing the strategy of keeping his critics and saboteurs inside the tent, so that they were pissing out of it instead of into it. But now he seems to be dropping that strategy and giving them all the boot.

Bonus:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:40 PM




Comments

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1 We'll see.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

2 First?

Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (j10i6)

3 Bye Bye Bondi

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (vE0+H)

4 I thought Tlsi was doing a decentish job. Have not heard much to be honest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

5 Ahh sooo close

Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (j10i6)

6 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

7 Sorry I just came up with that. My better one earlier was Micturating Pete.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:44 PM (vE0+H)

8 Das Boot for those not faithful ... or some such. But enemies inside the tent seems like a bad strategy.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 05:44 PM (vbXSk)

9 Top Men

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 05:44 PM (cpys8)

10 Bondo > Bondi

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 02, 2026 05:45 PM (+DSUk)

11 bondi stayed too long. I hate to say it because she did show some promise but she should have been shown the door when she pulled the epstein "we are going to release everything" garbage last year.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 05:45 PM (0N4FZ)

12 Is Tulsi Next?!

==

I hope so!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)

13 Yeah, their approval with their own party is low, but what does that have to do with getting ballots in the ballot box? That's all that matters.

Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 05:46 PM (peFv8)

14 I think Tulsi is fine and Kash needs to go.

Too bad we can't clone Marco and have him do all their jobs!

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:46 PM (gWBY1)

15 "Even Democrats don't like their own leaders when it comes to Congress"
---
Yeah, but that's often because too many children are keeping their genitals or they're not nationalizing enough companies for the "revolution".

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

16 He has to fire her in a very big and bold way. I don't know what she brought to the table in the first place. I understand MAHA and RFK jr. Tulsi was always , "why??"

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (GD0B3)

17 Bondo > Bondi
Posted by: Stu Podaso
.......

Bon Bons > Bondo > Bondi

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

18 Christy, prayers for your sweet family. I've had so many loved ones in the same boat and it's always heart wrenching.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (gWBY1)

19 When the commode on the Artemis is malfunctioning, you still need to find a way to jettison a frozen stool.

Fake boobies and diapers can only camouflage the situation for so long.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 05:49 PM (UqSya)

20 Marco is this term's Haley. Very good in his lane and has higher political aspirations so will make all the right noises to keep us happy.

But he has fooled everyone before.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:49 PM (vE0+H)

21 This is a funny video

https://x.com/i/status/2039663392869277789

Seems VDH can dish it out when necessary

(It is VDH talking about when fang fang tried to honeypot him)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 05:49 PM (MHAh2)

22 Bondi is out and replaced by Blanche who has openly opposed PDT. I guess we have to wait and see how that works out.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 05:49 PM (+nEug)

23 I read that as "Bond's Out" and thought we finally had that gay 007 we've all been clamouring for.

I wonder why all the firings?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 05:49 PM (Sco7b)

24 >>> Even Democrats don't like their own leaders when it comes to Congress"

Democrats leaders all seem to be classic dems with enough of a progressive bent not to get canceled, and over the age of 80, or young woke commies. I'd hate them too.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:50 PM (gWBY1)

25 Trump needs people aligned with him. He does not need a fifth column inside the ranks. And that DNI office needs to be disbanded, there is no value add to that office. It's a Bush jr anachronism that outlived its purpose. Its functions need to go under Nat Sec Advisor.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:50 PM (GD0B3)

26 i was a huge fan of tulsi's incorporation into the administration. i thought she'd provide a necessary bulwark against more traditional right-wing foreign policy types and keep trump's focus maintained on domestic issues.

but the boss is the boss, and irrespective of her personal anti-war sentiments, it's not appropriate for the DNI to shelter or protect underlings that agitate against the boss' decisions.

tulsi truly was one of my favourite cabinet picks, alongside rubio and RFK. but the joe kent episode really calls into question her ability to sequester her personal anti-war inclinations from her duties implementing the president's vision.

even if that vision is misguided, it's her job.

Posted by: pH at April 02, 2026 05:50 PM (8e0X0)

27 The Guardian? Really? Does anyone really think The Guardian would have inside baseball information on cabinet meetings. And, does anyone really think Trump (of all people) would poll his cabinet members in making a decision.

This is noise. It is a half-assed attempt to create discord within the administration by compromising Gabbard AND every other cabinet member in the room

Amateur hour from the way way way Lefist media.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

28 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)

Christy I am so so sorry. I will pray for everyone.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)

29 I lime the thought of Zeldin taking over. He seems to mean business.

Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 05:51 PM (hajF2)

30 It could be Grenell again I guess.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:51 PM (3uBP9)

31 I like Tulsi and hope she stays.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (WONhk)

32 This article repeats the rumor that Trump believed she was leaking to Eric Swallwell

Also a rumor that she was the one protecting Epstein etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (El6/E)

33 13 Yeah, their approval with their own party is low, but what does that have to do with getting ballots in the ballot box? That's all that matters.
Posted by: InZona
=======
Means that this probably will not be a redux of 2006, 2010, or 2018 midterms. More likely 1998 or 2014. Slight gain to a slight loss in the house and little change in the Senate.

One should always look at second term midterms as apart from first term midterms as well. The scary shit of what a president might do is absent then as a second term president, for better or worse, is a known quantity. 2006 was bad because Bush got deserted by his own side due to religion of peace, aborted amnesty plan, and the spiraling violence in Iraq which undercut his 2002-2004 victories.

And guess what, Iran was behind much of that spiraling violence in Iraq from 2005-2007.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)

34 Well, I guess if you're going to ckean house, you may as well do it all at once.

In Canada, they'll shake up entire cabinets just to shake things up. Still get the same crap though.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)

35 DeSantis needs a job, come the fall. Wait until then.

Also, Elise Stefanik is a good candidate for something big and she's gone a whole year without making a single complaint about being pushed aside.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (f274s)

36 Sorry I just came up with that. My better one earlier was Micturating Pete.

Better than Masturbatin' Pete, I suppose.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ufSfZ)

37 28 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)

Christy I am so so sorry. I will pray for everyone.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)

Me too Christy. I can't imagine...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (Sco7b)

38 29 I lime the thought of Zeldin taking over. He seems to mean business.
Posted by: 496

Zeldin was well liked in Congress and ran a very creditable campaign for NY State governor. Should be a relatively easy confirmation but with the caveat of asshole off the reservation Tillis in the Judiciary Cmte.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

39 >>Tulsi was always , "why??"

i believe she was specifically chosen because she had any number of bones to pick with the deep-state intelligence establishment and no shortage of the necessary public courage to pick those bones.

her office has done some great work discovering some of the more nefarious intelligence plots against the greater trump political organisation.

but if she is protecting saboteurs who share her (understandably) deeply ingrained anti-war misgivings, she is not fit for the purpose.

Posted by: pH at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (8e0X0)

40 Best Trump cabinet picks, All moving his MAGA/MAHA needle in visible and concrete ways:

Homan
Rubio
RFK Jr.

Who am I missing?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (gWBY1)

41 If she did tip off Swallowswell she deserves to go.
But do we really know?

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

42 The latest story is that Donald Trump is expected to name Saul Goodman as new Attorney General

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)

43 Unless you are both extremely useful and fiercely loyal, working for Trump is the same as Bum Phillips once described being a head football coach, "The only thing that's certain is you'll be fired." (as best I can remember what Bum said)

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 05:54 PM (5rh/l)

44 Too bad Tulsi isn't based and is probably actually a deep cover mole. She could have easily been the most dangerous woman in America and as close to a decent female leader as we could ever find on the R side. I don't think there's anyone else. Sanders I guess is close?

Tulsi kind of has it all but I'm pretty sure she's compromised and/or just a big leftard dummy.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:54 PM (vE0+H)

45 Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsi

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (vE0+H)

46 Donald Trump is expected to name Saul Goodman as new Attorney General

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)
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Bob Loblaw

Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (HGzsz)

47 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ufSfZ)

Hey someone earlier said your work was being tweeted by someone today

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (vE0+H)

48 - one of the sources told Semafor.

- A source familiar with Bondi's firing

- according to two people briefed on the discussions.


That's a lot of "sources" saying a lot of sh*t. Not as bad as Trump v1.0 but still not good. And leaking about leaking is weirdly meta.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (vTZFs)

49 If she did tip off Swallowswell she deserves to go.
But do we really know?

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM


Somebody tipped him off and it wasn't some GS-12 desk clerk.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (0N4FZ)

50 Speaking of micturating, well actually completely different, but I remember the first time I heard of a masticating toilet for basements and thought, is that really what it sounds like? Yep. Sure is. I wonder if space toilets masticate.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (3uBP9)

51 Shit can the cabinet leakers too.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (wBaIH)

52 There are a lot of people in Washington who hate Tulsi Gabbard, especially on the Senate Intelligence Committee. These folks are Vindman types and they are precisely the sort of people who would be feeding the Grauniad. No one is perfect, but Tulsi Gabbard has been doing some great work and my guess is Trump knows that by considering who her enemies are.

Posted by: Mr. D at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (W/lJL)

53 Actually there is a PERFECT candidate for DNI...

General Flynn... who just settled with the DOJ about wrongful prosecution.

Don't know if he has forgiven Trump for throwing him under the bus when VP Pence LIED to the President about him.... but he still knows where the bodies are buried...

and yes.... he has an Axe that needs some grindage.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (mP0Kj)

54 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ufSfZ)

Hey someone earlier said your work was being tweeted by someone today


Sarah Hoyt has plugged MP4's stuff on Insty twice in the last week or so. I hope it does something good.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 02, 2026 05:58 PM (vTZFs)

55 It's like Survivor,
Who will be voted off the island next?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 05:58 PM (/lPRQ)

56 I do like Tulsi for all I know, She does have reasons to get back at the Deep State

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)

57 Remember that guy working for O'Keefe who broke the Planned Parenthood baby part sales story? Who was immediately arrested by California and charged with crimes?

Its been NEARLY TEN FUCKING YEARS and the final charge against him was dismissed:

https://tinyurl.com/486j3nkj

The entire bogus case has been completely expunged. No jail time, no fines, no admission of wrongdoing and no probation.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:59 PM (El6/E)

58
Just heard the call from Mission Control. Waste water dump is complete, and the space toilet is go for operations.

Let 'er fly boys, have a ball.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:59 PM (w6EFb)

59 55 It's like Survivor,
Who will be voted off the island next?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 05:58 PM (/lPRQ)

Dare I say... it's more like... oh... The Apprentice?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 06:00 PM (mP0Kj)

60 There’s a LOT of younger women here in Seattle who really like Tulsi.

It would be a shame to see her let go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 06:00 PM (A5RD0)

61 Sarah Hoyt has plugged MP4's stuff on Insty twice in the last week or so. I hope it does something good.

His books are genuinely good, and a fresh take on investigation and mystery. I recommend strongly. The HQ has a higher than reasonable density of great writers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:00 PM (El6/E)

62 I wonder if space toilets masticate.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (3uBP9)
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The ones on the Shuttle definitely did in fact masticate.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 06:01 PM (oqH4h)

63 >>> and yes.... he has an Axe that needs some grindage.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (mP0Kj)

Flynn has been tied to some of the foreign interference networks similar to tucker. Just people talking probably. But it has been discussed before.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:01 PM (3uBP9)

64 Hey someone earlier said your work was being tweeted by someone today
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (vE0+H)


Yes, Sarah Hoyt just made a post this morning on Insty about my second book, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of. Most unexpected and very generous of her.

Buy my books! (if you haven't already)

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 06:02 PM (ufSfZ)

65
The Joe Kent debacle is what is going to take Tulsi Gabard out.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)

66 There is nobility in being fired for your principles.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (GPa4z)

67 55 It's like Survivor,
Who will be voted off the island next?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 05:58 PM

Rubio has the immunity idol.
Pete Hegseth might kill him for it though.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (IifOV)

68 In Trump's social media post announcing Bondi was out he was complimentary and said "we love her". One thing Trump is not is a shrinking violet. If she were leaking about Swalwell, which seems ludicrous on its face, I doubt Trump would have been so kind. I'm going to need a bit for evidence than one Daily Mail reporter's unsourced claim.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)

69 bondi stayed too long. I hate to say it because she did show some promise but she should have been shown the door when she pulled the epstein "we are going to release everything" garbage last year.
Posted by: Mister Scott

She should have never been in to begin with. Martin-Zimmerman fiasco was a huge BJ for Obama.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (/lPRQ)

70 A division president once told me... "Every president has pistol full bullets with an appointees name on each.

You can be damned sure I'll be pulling the trigger on each before the gun is turned on me"

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 06:04 PM (wBaIH)

71 It is not clear that Trump will actually fire Gabbard over the episode. Currently, there is no standout candidate to take the job,

Not really.

Rubio can add it to his portfolio, no problem.
The man is a machine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

72 Just heard the call from Mission Control. Waste water dump is complete, and the space toilet is go for operations.

Let 'er fly boys, have a ball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
......

Let 'er rip.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:04 PM (UjdFS)

73 I missed the chance to put this on the Artemis post, but it's too good not to share:

Michael Collins suggested to Armstrong what he should say upon stepping onto the lunar surface: “If you had any balls, you’d say ‘Oh, my God, what is that thing??’ then scream and cut your mic.”

(Online, they say this joke isn't on the mission tapes, but that doesn't mean Collins, a funny guy, didn't say it on Earth before the mission...)

Posted by: Beverly at April 02, 2026 06:04 PM (reMys)

74 MPPP is too modest, here's where you find his books. I am still waiting for book 3 in the Theda Bara series

https://tinyurl.com/3hxx69kn

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:05 PM (El6/E)

75 Yeah, but is the space bidet working?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS)

76 57, now where does he go to get his life and savings back...?

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 06:06 PM (aJQbY)

77 This would've been better yesterday but . . .

https://is.gd/psF5Tz

Bonus! Short, bald man in a purple jacket.

https://is.gd/Z6ucUB

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:06 PM (ndZc7)

78 Fox is now reporting Gabbard's job is "safe" and any reports that Trump is thinking about removing her is "fake news".

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)

79 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 06:02 PM (ufSfZ)

Happy for you bro

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:07 PM (vE0+H)

80 Happy for you bro

Absolutely, I hope you get an instalanche of sales!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:07 PM (El6/E)

81 35 DeSantis needs a job, come the fall. Wait until then.

Also, Elise Stefanik is a good candidate for something big and she's gone a whole year without making a single complaint about being pushed aside.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:52 PM (f274s)

I wonder if she is better off running for Senate. (Stop laughing.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 06:07 PM (hJH5n)

82 In space, no one can hear you go to the bathroom

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:08 PM (Ia/+0)

83 Dare I say... it's more like... oh... The Apprentice?
Posted by: Romeo13

Did contestants connive with each other deciding who to boot off The Apprentice?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:08 PM (/lPRQ)

84 As you know, Pam Bondi was fired today.

This is unpossible. Because I was informed right here in the comments that criticism of Bondi was ridiculous and that only uninformed nattering nabobs of negativity could think otherwise.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2026 06:09 PM (4/BuS)

85 I wonder if space toilets masticate.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (3uBP9)
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The ones on the Shuttle definitely did in fact masticate.
Posted by: ballistic
===

Being repurposed as "Space Cookies" it is best not to recognize the corn.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:09 PM (/lPRQ)

86 A Neocon.

Is that like what Matrix 2 and 3 were?

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:09 PM (vE0+H)

87
Artemis crew is now testing the exercise wheel. This is causing small oscillations of the spacecraft, which they were expecting, and curious about how much it would be.

You can see the service module sort of oscillating from the solar wing camera feed. The motion is causing the wings to sort of flex themselves.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 06:10 PM (w6EFb)

88 All political apparatchiks are sus.

All of them.

Always.

My AAA theorem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 06:10 PM (AkEZC)

89 Is that like what Matrix 2 and 3 were?

And 4 :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:10 PM (El6/E)

90 I'm looking forward to spending more time with my private sector.

Posted by: Pam Blondi at April 02, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

91 Commenter on Open Bar just now:

Artemis II won't return for 9 days. That's plenty of time for all of us to buy ape suits for the best prank ever.

Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2026 06:11 PM (vSvIl)

92 Fox is now reporting Gabbard's job is "safe" and any reports that Trump is thinking about removing her is "fake news".
Posted by: JackStraw


Welp. She's a goner.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)

93
"If the service module is oscillating, don't come knocking."

Posted by: NASA Bumper Sticker at April 02, 2026 06:12 PM (2Ez/1)

94 Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)

He isn't gonna want reports of domestic CHAOS to surface at a moment of supposed international strife, so everything and everyone is wonderful but, by the way, pack your fucking bags.

I think the Swalwell stuff was released by the admin as stray voltage. Probably true but not the main reason she was fired. Just one of many. Turns the story onto a Democrat Punching Bag and is something else to talk about.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (vE0+H)

95 Anyone into 3d printing? I have an older cheaper one that I screw around with making stuff for the kids and whatnot.

Thinking about a major upgrade to a Bambu H2C and was wondering if any of the Horde had thoughts.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (oqH4h)

96 Fox is now reporting Gabbard's job is "safe" and any reports that Trump is thinking about removing her is "fake news".

Not that I trust Fox News, but I’d have to say of all of Trump’s picks that both the administrative state and the institutional left in general want out most, it would be Tulsi Gabbard. Having a once high profile Democrat and woman in a current high profile position hurts their attempt to say Trump is extreme.

It highlights who the extremists really are. This isn’t to say she shouldn’t be fired if she’s screwing up, but it would be a welcome scalp to the left.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (EXyHK)

97 I thought Bondi was...OK, not the locus of the world's evil the way some thought here. My thinking is...now that some here got their wish and she is gone...now what? Who takes her place?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (hJH5n)

98 The next book is coming, Christopher. I hope to have it out this summer.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 06:14 PM (ufSfZ)

99 show me the edge

Posted by: Desinex at April 02, 2026 06:14 PM (jrgJz)

100 Hobby thread is during the weekend.

Posted by: 3D printer out front should have told you at April 02, 2026 06:14 PM (2Ez/1)

101 Artemis crew is now testing the exercise wheel. This is causing small oscillations of the spacecraft, which they were expecting, and curious about how much it would be.

You can see the service module sort of oscillating from the solar wing camera feed. The motion is causing the wings to sort of flex themselves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The "Exercise Wheel".
Think I'll get wifey and I a round or two on the "Exercise Wheel" tonight.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:15 PM (/lPRQ)

102 OMG! There's more of them!

https://is.gd/9wJQux

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:15 PM (ndZc7)

103 72 Just heard the call from Mission Control. Waste water dump is complete, and the space toilet is go for operations.

Let 'er fly boys, have a ball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
......

Let 'er rip.
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 06:04 PM (UjdFS)
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Chili night is back on!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 02, 2026 06:16 PM (0bjKf)

104 Thank goodness - I never forgave her for jumping on the Trayvon Martin bandwagon way back in the day, due to pressure. We need people with backbone and convictions. Like Trump.

She could have nipped all of that in the bud, but she didn't. And really, that was what started ALL of the stuff that has led up to where we are now in political discourse.

If she had held firm, we might not have had BLM or riots in Ferguson or all of the other crap that arose from "Obama's son" ***spit***.

Just my humble opinion.

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 02, 2026 06:16 PM (SRRAx)

105 Kent is one of those people who are a mystery to me. Well accomplished and a patriot but seemingly a retard.

Anyone who opines that Iran was not a threat can't be anything but a retard. They have been a threat for over 40 years. Only issue I ever have had with Reagan. He should have turned them into glass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:16 PM (V4IXI)

106 So King Charles announced earlier today that britain will only be celebrating their victorious muslim invader's holidays from now on.


That was certainly a short war. Has anyone ever read The Flying Inn?

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:17 PM (3uBP9)

107 I had a 6.5 Martin-Zimmerman from Sarco.

Posted by: jugear fukstik at April 02, 2026 06:17 PM (Kt19C)

108 The ones on the Shuttle definitely did in fact masticate.
Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 06:01 PM (oqH4h)

SADISTIC ACTS A LOVE SO TRUE
ABSORBINGLY MASTICATING A PART OF YOU

DEATH LOVES FINAL EMBRACE
YOUR COOL TENDERNESS
MEMORIES KEEP LOVE ALIVE
MEMORIES WILL NEVER DIE

Posted by: Slayer at April 02, 2026 06:17 PM (hJH5n)

109 Just heard the call from Mission Control. Waste water dump is complete, and the space toilet is go for operations.

Let 'er fly boys, have a ball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6E

Sounds like an episode from The Big Bang Theory.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:17 PM (V4IXI)

110 >>I think the Swalwell stuff was released by the admin as stray voltage. Probably true but not the main reason she was fired. Just one of many. Turns the story onto a Democrat Punching Bag and is something else to talk about.

Let's see where she lands. A lot of people were convinced Noem was on his shit list and then he gave her a new job.

Trump is not shy about moving someone he likes to a new position if he thinks the fit isn't right for the moment. If he really was furious with her she wouldn't be doing a 30 day transition.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)

111 Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 06:13 PM (hJH5n)

I would imagine someone crappy again. They have to be approved by Congress and Congress has proven they will not under any circumstance let Trump have a decent AG.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:18 PM (vE0+H)

112 I don't even know who is on the crew?
No Girl Boss?

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

113 The next book is coming, Christopher. I hope to have it out this summer.

Make sure you let us all know! Perfessor can put it on the book thread

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (El6/E)

114 Sounds like an episode from The Big Bang Theory.

It is an episode from Big Bang Theory. My first thought when I heard about it yesterday was that it had to be an April Fool joke.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (EXyHK)

115 She should have never been in to begin with. Martin-Zimmerman fiasco was a huge BJ for Obama.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (/lPRQ)


That, plus her stance on the 2nd Amendment. I was insufficiently suspicious of her.

But I liked Romney and McCain at first too, so my taste in politicians is suspect.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (n9ltV)

116 Apparently there is strong bipartisan dislike of congress.

Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)

117 Anyone who opines that Iran was not a threat can't be anything but a retard. They have been a threat for over 40 years. Only issue I ever have had with Reagan. He should have turned them into glass.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:16 PM (V4IXI)

Perhaps, but Praying Mantis was infinitely more than what Peanut Jimmuh did.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (hJH5n)

118 It's no Saturday Night Massacre, yet.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (Dv3i1)

119 So King Charles announced earlier today that britain will only be celebrating their victorious muslim invader's holidays from now on.
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"I, for one welcome our new Ayatollahs!"

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)

120 >>>The "Exercise Wheel".
Think I'll get wifey and I a round or two on the "Exercise Wheel" tonight.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Launch a ginormous flywheel, use solar panels to power it and create artificial gravity. Perpetual motion from the Sun. Test it at the fucking ISS.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (UqSya)

121 From the outside looking in I didn't have a problem with either Noem or Bondi.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (V4IXI)

122 Let's see where she lands. A lot of people were convinced Noem was on his shit list and then he gave her a new job.

Trump is not shy about moving someone he likes to a new position if he thinks the fit isn't right for the moment. If he really was furious with her she wouldn't be doing a 30 day transition.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)

You may be right. For the record I'm not a big Noem fan but I wasn't one of the ones convinced she was on the shit list.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (vE0+H)

123 Are walls coming off or are the wheels closing in?

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (nLVHX)

124 Apparently there is strong bipartisan dislike of congress.
Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)
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Because a lot of voters really, really hate the other side.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)

125 Considering Tulsi's enemies, I would keep her.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (Q+gd/)

126 Make sure you let us all know! Perfessor can put it on the book thread
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (El6/E)
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Absolutely!

But MP4 is now an official Sunday Morning Book Thread COB himself, so I hope he takes the opportunity to pimp his own book...(I can loan you a purple pimp hat...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (ESVrU)

127 Sounds like an episode from The Big Bang Theory.

It is an episode from Big Bang Theory. My first thought when I heard about it yesterday was that it had to be an April Fool joke.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (EXyHK)

Ha! That did not occur to me. That's funny, right there.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

128
So King Charles announced earlier today that britain will only be celebrating their victorious muslim invader's holidays from now on.


He did?

If so, then his reign is so over.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (xG4kz)

129 We need a council to decide who the President can fire!!

Posted by: Council Bob at April 02, 2026 06:21 PM (Fi81e)

130 Tulsi was running FOR PRESIDENT AS A DEMOCRAT not so long ago. Her alliance with Trump helped him win In 2024. Seriously.

RFK Jr also helped.

Democrats aligning with Trump, endorsing him and serving in his cabinet means a LOT. especially ones that wanted to run for POTUS as a Democrat.

Fuck. Do you not get how big that was?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 06:21 PM (Bzc25)

131 Kent is one of those people who are a mystery to me. Well accomplished and a patriot but seemingly a retard

What I don't get is why he had such a heel turn. He was reasonable and steady and patriotic then he went nuts in like 5 months. He's saying he absolute reverse of what he said before and how he's talking about testifying in defense of the dude who murdered Charlie Kirk. Something, someone has flipped several people in a major way and I really want to know who and how.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:21 PM (El6/E)

132 Bondi I never wanted and the Epstein thing certainly sealed it.

Then it turned out the Epstein thing was part of a much bigger operation that Trump batted away and it really looked bad for Bondi.

Trump is a bleacher rocking 0-3 on AG but it's not entirely his fault. No one saw Sessions' fold coming. Noem seemed fine for what she was doing.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (vE0+H)

133 The walls are coming off the wheels!!

We need new wall wheels.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (Fi81e)

134
The walls are becoming wheels and the closing in is coming.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (xG4kz)

135 CNN forced to report that Democratic approval among their own party is at an historic LOW

"Even Democrats don't like their own leaders when it comes to Congress"


Don't count us out yet! We can still lose this!!!

Posted by: GOPe at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (ycI94)

136 The Joe Kent debacle is what is going to take Tulsi Gabard out.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)

66 There is nobility in being fired for your principles.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 06:03 PM (GPa4z)
==
That's not principles - that's being stupid. Whatever happened to Kent, I don't know. Probably his wife. When you make assurances to your boss about someone, who then publicly knifes your boss in the back, with a boss who isn't forgiving at all - and I've worked for those types before - you're toast. It's not principles, it's dumb.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (UVyKP)

137 But I liked Romney and McCain at first too, so my taste in politicians is suspect.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (n9ltV)

Never liked McCain ( he really was dumb) but I was an advocate for Romney. I didn't see his 180 coming.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM (V4IXI)

138 "According to the Guardian"

no one available at mad magazine?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 02, 2026 06:23 PM (CWTWj)

139 ....
She could have nipped all of that in the bud, but she didn't. And really, that was what started ALL of the stuff that has led up to where we are now in political discourse.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

Spot on. Bondi showed weak mind and/or weak will. Yes she had many obstacles to success as Trump's AG, but her limitations made it harder.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)

140 Trump is not shy about moving someone he likes to a new position if he thinks the fit isn't right for the moment. If he really was furious with her she wouldn't be doing a 30 day transition.
Posted by: JackStraw

His Truth post sounds almost like Trump is/has created a private sector position specifically for Bondi.

>We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,

Posted by: old chick at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (F3Dlr)

141 I though Tulsi was doing a pretty good job. She's the one that has been rooting out all the Russia Hoax stuff. But maybe I'm wrong.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (th/4a)

142 But I liked Romney and McCain at first too, so my taste in politicians is suspect.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 06:19 PM (n9ltV)

You made up for it with The Meatball.

👀

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (vE0+H)

143 Fuck. Do you not get how big that was?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 06:21 PM (Bzc25)


The Paolo, he hears this often.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (Q+gd/)

144 >>> If so, then his reign is so over.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:20 PM (xG4kz)


Brits are calling for him to abdicate after the announcement but I have big doubts. Maybe he'll change his tune before Easter.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (3uBP9)

145 Apparently King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the Royal Maundy Service, held in Wales for the first time since 1982. Possibly to honor his old title and that William holds it now. And they will attend the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 5.

No idea why he can't release one written statement or video about Easter, when he can do these public events, despite his cancer treatments. He had a rep for hating how tone deaf Queen Lizzy could be with the public, and then he pulls the same stunts as king. But his mummy would have NEVER shirked her religious duties to the crown.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 06:24 PM (Eng1Z)

146 Romney actually won.

McCain was garbage. I voted for Sara Palin, not McCain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 06:25 PM (Bzc25)

147 Never liked McCain ( he really was dumb) but I was an advocate for Romney. I didn't see his 180 coming.
_____

"Severely conservative" was a tip-off on Romney. Only an enemy of conservatism would think to phrase it that way.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 06:25 PM (Dv3i1)

148 To be fair - look at the leaders of the democrats. Horrifyingly bad.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 06:25 PM (D7v4F)

149 Never liked McCain ( he really was dumb) but I was an advocate for Romney. I didn't see his 180 coming.

Mittens was governor here in MA. I never liked the slimy bastard.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 06:25 PM (ufSfZ)

150 I kinda doubt King Chick said Britain would only celebrate muzzy holidays.

Does he even have the power to decide what holidays are celebrated.? Seems that would be a parliament thing.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 06:26 PM (nLVHX)

151 I liked Romney at one point as the best of a crap bunch but I was pretty sure he was a spineless milquetoast sop. He turned out to be the lowest of the lowest scum of faggotry so I was wrong.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:26 PM (vE0+H)

152 The Caliphate of Britain has arrived. Good thing they have no military anymore.

Posted by: Archer at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (wvc0i)

153 Romney actually won.

Almost certainly yes, but as it works out probably for the best he didn't get elected.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (El6/E)

154 >>His Truth post sounds almost like Trump is/has created a private sector position specifically for Bondi.

>We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,

That's what I mean. How the hell would he know what her next job was going to be unless he's helping put her there? And if he thought she was leaking to Eric frigging Swalwell of all people Trump would've tosser her on her ass in 5 seconds.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)

155 Severely conservative" was a tip-off on Romney. Only an enemy of conservatism would think to phrase it that way.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 06:25 PM (Dv3i1)

I liked his economic plan and his proposed policies on illegal immigration. He then did a 180 on climate change which was my clue to bail.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (V4IXI)

156 Apparently the Army Chief of Staff is out, too.

Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (vSvIl)

157 Hey. I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Masticatin' Pete at April 02, 2026 06:28 PM (2Ez/1)

158 McCain was pretty obvious pondscum from jump, and his screwing over of Palin was unforgivable.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:28 PM (vE0+H)

159 King Charles has changed which faith he is the defender of? I see. Sad.

Posted by: Archer at April 02, 2026 06:28 PM (wvc0i)

160 158 McCain was pretty obvious pondscum from jump

Leave John McCain ALONE!!

Posted by: Charles Keating at April 02, 2026 06:29 PM (gKWVE)

161 Royal Maundy Service"

Tuesday afternoon?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:29 PM (XuXeR)

162 CNN forced to report that Democratic approval among their own party is at an historic LOW

"Even Democrats don't like their own leaders when it comes to Congress"



It’s because they think the leadership is too right wing and not “standing up to Trump”. Short of Shumer and Hakeem taking up arms and storming the White House, nothing will satisfy the lunatic left.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 06:29 PM (nLVHX)

163 151 I liked Romney at one point as the best of a crap bunch but I was pretty sure he was a spineless milquetoast sop. He turned out to be the lowest of the lowest scum of faggotry so I was wrong.
____

My "severely" liberal MIL thought that Romney's discussion on the 47% who don't contribute in taxes was what did him in. I thought it was the masochism of the electorate. In fairness, we were both wrong, it was election fraud (probably).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 06:29 PM (Dv3i1)

164 Does he even have the power to decide what holidays are celebrated.? Seems that would be a parliament thing.

Probably, the king doesn't really have any power any longer. I mean, supposedly they do, but they never use it and I suspect if they tried, they would be ignored.

But he definitely made a special speech for Ramadan and not or Easter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:29 PM (El6/E)

165 Apparently the Army Chief of Staff is out, too.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (vSvIl)

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Is he pulling a Michael Corleone and finishing all family business today?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (2UnvF)

166 Trump is a bleacher rocking 0-3 on AG but it's not entirely his fault. No one saw Sessions' fold coming. Noem seemed fine for what she was doing.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:22 PM


I still claim that someone, most likely the fib, had something very damaging on sessions and he recused himself but refused to step down.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (0N4FZ)

167 King Charles has changed which faith he is the defender of? I see.

He said before his mom hopped the twig that when he was king he was going to change the title from Defender of the faith to Defender of Faith.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (El6/E)

168 It's a good. Now there's another room available in military housing.

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (NFX2v)

169 [Can't vouch for this, but:]

MAGA Voice
@MAGAVoice

BREAKING 🚨 Trump’s White House CONFIRMS that President Trump has full confidence in Tulsi Gabbard

SHE’S HERE TO STAY 🔥

https://is.gd/0jRysl

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (PZZ/j)

170 I didn't like the leftists who opposed the Bushes
I didn't like the leftists who opposed McCain
I didn't like the leftists who opposed Rombley

It was hard to partition that emotional response of mine to vote against the left from whether I really supported each candidate. I surely did vote for all of them though.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

171
Is not the King the head of the Church of England?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:31 PM (xG4kz)

172 "Severely conservative" was a tip-off on Romney. Only an enemy of conservatism would think to phrase it that way.
Posted by: Chuck Martel


Like being fiercely heterosexual. Gotta love to POUND that... that "mish".
Excuse me, I need to brb from the nausea I mean, horniness.

Posted by: Corey! at April 02, 2026 06:31 PM (gKWVE)

173 All the recent talk about LOTR...
Were there any black characters?
No Tolkien negro?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 06:31 PM (Kt19C)

174 BREAKING 🚨 Trump’s White House CONFIRMS that President Trump has full confidence in banana Dream

HE’S HERE TO STAY 🔥

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

175 165 Apparently the Army Chief of Staff is out, too.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2026 06:27 PM (vSvIl)

Biden era Army Chief of Staff

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (FtULh)

176 I think this is what that post about Chuck was about:
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GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
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6h
🚨BREAKING: Buckingham Palace has confirmed King Charles will not issue an Easter message this year
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Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

177 Are walls coming off or are the wheels closing in?
Posted by: Heroq

Apparently, the latest anti-Trump propaganda is he's all Alzheimered out! Did you hear him slurring his words last night?!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (ndZc7)

178 Is not the King the head of the Church of England?

Yeah he's basically the Anglican pope but since the Anglican church has had its candle taken away, melted down, burned and its ashes scattered, it doesn't really signify.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (El6/E)

179 Reading between the lines of Kent's resignation letter, it appeared to me his anti-war sentiment was born out of the death of his wife.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (IX5dx)

180 Obama with a gop congress was fine. Nothing much got done his 2nd term. Had Romney won he probably would have pushed a grand bargain amnesty bullshit bill. Probably would have had Ryan lead the effort as VP.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (nLVHX)

181
He said before his mom hopped the twig that when he was king he was going to change the title from Defender of the faith to Defender of Faith.


And thus he lays claim to his rightful title, King Numpty.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (xG4kz)

182 https://tinyurl.com/486j3nkj

The entire bogus case has been completely expunged. No jail time, no fines, no admission of wrongdoing and no probation.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:59 PM (El6/E)
====

Kamala is a jack-booted fascist thug, this case is proof.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)

183 I mean with a name like *checks notes* MAGA Voice, it has to be trustworthy, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)

184 >>> Democrats aligning with Trump, endorsing him and serving in his cabinet means a LOT. especially ones that wanted to run for POTUS as a Democrat. Fuck. Do you not get how big that was? Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 06:21 PM (Bzc25)

It's hard to know what things moved 100% moved the needle and got more dems or independents to vote for him in 2024. But knowing he, like Lincoln, would have a cabinet stocked with democrats fed up with the corruption and coming together helped.

The left and the media don't get to yell about him firing women and potentially people of color, when they never praised him for hiring them in the first place. They passed on the moral high ground long ago.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (Eng1Z)

185 Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (PZZ/j)

Then again the Manager or Owner's Vote of Confidence is practically a meme at this point.

Trump is gonna want it to feel like smooth sailing right now so let's see how everything shakes out. He is managing a ton of narrative AND trying to take care of family business all at once. I don't know how he does it.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (vE0+H)

186 Who am I missing?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:53 PM (gWBY1)

----------

Pete Hegseth, War
Scott Bessent, Treasury
Lee Zeldin, EPA
Chris Wright, DOE (Energy)
Doug Burgum, Interior

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:34 PM (seACy)

187 >>> 🚨BREAKING: Buckingham Palace has confirmed King Charles will not issue an Easter message this year
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Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)


While the same people a month ago put out a shit ton of messages praising their invading army's ramadan.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:34 PM (3uBP9)

188 The rocker is on the porch.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 06:34 PM (0sNs1)

189 King Charles has changed which faith he is the defender of?

-
Pulling a Henry VIII?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)

190 Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

Too bad Trump 2.0 can't run again. I haven't voted for someone since Reagan . I've just been voting against the other Commie Dem candidate. That includes all three times Trump 1.0 ran.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (V4IXI)

191 Good thing they have no military anymore."

Yeah. Used to call battle rifle a "civil servant" ...didn't work and couldn't be fired.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (XuXeR)

192 🚨BREAKING: Buckingham Palace has confirmed King Charles will not issue an Easter message this year
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Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

Not quite “Brian can no longer celebrate non Muslim holidays”

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (nLVHX)

193
*ahem*

Tolkiens Of Color.

Posted by: Let's get it right at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (2Ez/1)

194 Pretty sure the Archbishop of Canterbury gives the Easter message. Not that Chsrles shouldn't say something, but his mama gave a Christmas speech, not an Easter one.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (Vvh2V)

195
Commander Wiseman just gave an exercise wheel workout report. Said he got a good workout, but there was a little issue. Static electricity tended to build up on him while using it, and he had to be careful about that.

Orion's atmosphere is 70/30 N2/O2 at around 1 atm pressure (can go as low as 10 psi, depending on what they need), so not pure O2 or anything. Still, that static build up is something they'll need to fix.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 06:36 PM (w6EFb)

196 HE’S HERE TO STAY 🔥


Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

Thank God for THAT!!!

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:36 PM (vE0+H)

197 and what sources does "MAGA VOICE" have ? other X accounts? just asking questions

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:36 PM (GD0B3)

198 I thought you were kidding. I'll be d.....

King Charles III has indicated a shift from the traditional title of "Defender of the Faith" (referring specifically to Anglican Christianity) to "Defender of Faith" or "Defender of Faiths," aiming to represent all religious communities in a pluralistic Britain. While keeping the traditional title formally, he favors an inclusive approach, promising to protect all religions, including Islam and Hinduism, and honoring multicultural Britain. (AI Overview)

>Christianity Org UK: King Charles III - Faith and beliefs
King Charles III shares some aspects of the faith of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but certainly not all. We take at look at his beliefs.

"King Charles seeks to be a monarch who reigns in a multi-faith realm, where Christianity is no longer the faith of the majority of his subjects. His personal life has caused some to question his faith but all Christians recognise they are sinners reconciled to God through the death of Christ; grace which extends to kings and commoners alike."

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:36 PM (NFX2v)

199 Pretty sure the Archbishop of Canterbury gives the Easter message.

I imagine she will do a fine speech about lesbians and transexual advocacy and how God is nonbinary

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (El6/E)

200 No Obama second term means possibly no Trump. People were fed up with the dems by then and were willing to try something new. If it had been one sad term for Romney and a Clinton sailed in to snatch away his second, (repeating the papa Bush/clinton history), that would have been devastating.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (Eng1Z)

201 King Charles has changed which faith he is the defender of?

-
Pulling a Henry VIII?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)
----
Well, Henry VIII was a big fan of beheadings...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (ESVrU)

202 What's upsetting people is that he popped right out with a Ramadan message, so they fwrl he should also have a word at Easter. Not saying I disagree, but they're reporting on this line it has always been a big address given

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (Vvh2V)

203 Pulling a Henry VIII?"

Herman's Hermits?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (XuXeR)

204 calls into question her ability to sequester her personal anti-war inclinations from her duties implementing the president's vision.

even if that vision is misguided, it's her job.
Posted by: pH
--------

Netanyahu was Minister of Finance for Ariel Sharon who not only just defeated him in election but they hated each other. Netanyahu did an excellent job for Sharon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (YvvFZ)

205 Yeah, she should have dropped a load of bricks on Joe Kent's head. Sorry - but you are no longer running for anything. You serve the president.

List of cabinet members and the VP by effectiveness:

Rubio
Bessent
Wiles
Vance
Vought

Those are the superstars.

Middle tier is Duffy, Zeldin, Wright, Burgum, McMahon. Very good.

Next tier would be everyone not on the bottom.

Bottom of the list would be Noem, RFK Jr, Tulsi, and Bondi. They've all had their challenges and screw ups. RFK Jr. is an ineffective speaker. Noem had weird personal crap. Bondi seems overwhelmed and confused. Tulsi doesn't have her heart in it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (D7v4F)

206 She's been married seven times before.

Posted by: Wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (2Ez/1)

207 I mean with a name like *checks notes* MAGA Voice, it has to be trustworthy, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)

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Mock Away! ;-)

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has 100% total confidence in DNI TULSI GABBARD, White House officially confirms

The reports she's about to be fired were FAKE NEWS.

"President Trump has total confidence in DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news."

"The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people." — White House spokesman Steven Cheung

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

https://is.gd/7j635e

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (PZZ/j)

208 >>> Apparently, the latest anti-Trump propaganda is he's all Alzheimered out! Did you hear him slurring his words last night?!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 06:32 PM (ndZc7)


Sonny Bunch, OFC, was hitting that really hard on the twitters.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)

209 Okay, you know I always run down Nightly News stories.

Tonight tired.

I don't know if all of you know this yet, but NBC is leading off with Pam Bondi being fired.

It's less funny without a dude waering ginormous tits.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)

210 Pretty sure the Archbishop of Canterbury gives the Easter message. Not that Chsrles shouldn't say something, but his mama gave a Christmas speech, not an Easter one.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 02, 2026 06:35 PM (Vvh2V)
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¯\_(:/)_/¯
This was posted by GB Politics based in the UK.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)

211 Clinton sailed in to snatch"

PHRASING!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (XuXeR)

212 Well, Henry VIII was a big fan of beheadings...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 06:37 PM (ESVrU)

And headings

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (V4IXI)

213 OK, folks, think I'll call it a day. Talk to you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (ufSfZ)

214 King Charles III has indicated a shift from the traditional title of "Defender of the Faith" (referring specifically to Anglican Christianity) to "Defender of Faith" or "Defender of Faiths," aiming to represent all religious communities in a pluralistic Britain.

Yep. And its important to remember: he's the official head of the Anglican church. This is like the CEO of Coca Cola saying he's the Defender of all colas, even that crappy knockoff Shasta makes

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (El6/E)

215 178 Is not the King the head of the Church of England?

Yeah he's basically the Anglican pope but since the Anglican church has had its candle taken away, melted down, burned and its ashes scattered, it doesn't really signify.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Minor correction, I'm making an announcement on Easter, but it is called a fatwa. There will be some minor adjustments to the Church Of England to make it more inclusive for the modern UK, starting with referring to our deity by his specific name, Allah, instead of the more generic "God". Lots more minor tweaks to come!

Posted by: Pope Charles of Anglica at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (ycI94)

216 Help me find my keys and we'll drive out of here.

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 02, 2026 06:40 PM (2Ez/1)

217 The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people." — White House spokesman Steven Cheung


==

😂😂😂😂

he is right

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:40 PM (GD0B3)

218 King Jug Ears is a goatraper.

Wouldn't be surprised.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 06:40 PM (HW/1v)

219
Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47

@StevenCheung47: "@POTUS has total confidence in @DNIGabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news. The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people."

https://is.gd/VUdQnv

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:41 PM (PZZ/j)

220 >>> His personal life has caused some to question his faith but all Christians recognize they are sinners...

See Christians, because of your faith you can't call us out on our crap. Shut up and take it.

>>> he's the official head of the Anglican church. This is like the CEO of Coca Cola saying he's the Defender of all colas, even that crappy knockoff Shasta makes

And putting out a statement endorsing Pepsi but not Coke.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 06:41 PM (Eng1Z)

221
Yep. And its important to remember: he's the official head of the Anglican church. This is like the CEO of Coca Cola saying he's the Defender of all colas, even that crappy knockoff Shasta makes
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (El6/E)

Only in the case of Coke they wouldn't be sticking their thumb in our Lord and Savior's eye.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:41 PM (vE0+H)

222 BREAKING 🚨 Trump’s White House CONFIRMS that President Trump has full confidence in Tulsi Gabbard

SHE’S HERE TO STAY 🔥

https://is.gd/0jRysl

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:30 PM


He said the same thing about pam bondi just a few months ago.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 06:41 PM (0N4FZ)

223 So she is resigning on her own accord ?

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (GD0B3)

224 Help me find my keys and we'll drive out of here."

Sure thing, bill...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (XuXeR)

225 It's been settled in my region.

Coats and bookbags for all holidays, real or imagined, religious or otherwise, and for anyone who'd like to participate.

And indigenous music.

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (NFX2v)

226 In fairness, we were both wrong, it was election fraud (probably).
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Exactly. The American people, day to day people, knew that Obama was a stinking POS. Election fraud is the only way he achieved a second term.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (YvvFZ)

227 At least Trump had Bondi in his last cabinet meeting.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (GD0B3)

228 Noem was the head of Immigration Enforcement correct? I think that has been the biggest success of the administration thus far.

Is that in spite of her?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (V4IXI)

229 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Cheerwine at April 02, 2026 06:42 PM (2Ez/1)

230 You silly poncy limey twat. You aren't the defender of ALL faiths, you presumptuous jackass. You are, officially, the defender of one of them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (eqMv7)

231 221. Only in the case of Coke they wouldn't be sticking their thumb in our Lord and Savior's eye.
Posted by: ...

True. And at Easter and Passover.

Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (NFX2v)

232 Minor correction, I'm making an announcement on Easter, but it is called a fatwa. There will be some minor adjustments to the Church Of England to make it more inclusive for the modern UK, starting with referring to our deity by his specific name, Allah, instead of the more generic "God". Lots more minor tweaks to come!

Posted by: Pope Charles of Anglica at April 02, 2026 06:39 PM (ycI94)

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Make Being Drawn, Quartered, and Beheaded -- But Mostly Beheaded -- Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (seACy)

233 I was never that thrilled about Bondi but I thought Gaetz was a poor first choice.
I'm seeing rumors being reported that Bondi is...friends...with Congressperson Fartman. If that's true...good grief, how awful does your judgment have to be to be friends with someone like that.
If she did leak to Fartsmell, i get why Trump canned her narrow a**. If i was him, if i heard she was friendly with that sh*tstain, i would have canned her long before that.

Posted by: Nelly at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (7gpcF)

234 Heh heh heh, I just found out there's a cut of meat called:
Flap Meat.

Wait, now I'm hungry.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (3uBP9)

235 So she is resigning on her own accord ?"

Maybe a prelude to a civic position?

/wait for it...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (XuXeR)

236 Anyone from the Auto-Pen administration should have been fired immediately

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:44 PM (Ia/+0)

237 Maybe a prelude to a civic position?

/wait for it...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:43 PM (XuXeR)

Cross your trek and hope to die?

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 06:44 PM (vE0+H)

238
As the Episcopal Church in America pays lip service in some respects to the C of E, it will be interesting to see what they do.

Nah. We know they'll for hard for the Muzz, too.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:44 PM (xG4kz)

239 >>> Heh heh heh, I just found out there's a cut of meat called: Flap Meat.
Wait, now I'm hungry.

You can eat my flaps any time...

Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (Eng1Z)

240 King Charles III has indicated a shift from the traditional title of "Defender of the Faith" (referring specifically to Anglican Christianity) to "Defender of Faith" or "Defender of Faiths," aiming to represent all religious communities in a pluralistic Britain.


The UK still has Judas Priest to be the Defenders of the Faith.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (ohOaC)

241 218 King Jug Ears is a goatraper.

Wouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
---

Nanny goats are safe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (YvvFZ)

242 "If i was him, if i heard she was friendly with that sh*tstain, i would have canned her long before that.
Posted by: Nelly"

THIS so much.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (UoFpr)

243 Heh heh heh, I just found out there's a cut of meat called:
Flap Meat.


That's just the twee millennial name for wings

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (El6/E)

244 234 Heh heh heh, I just found out there's a cut of meat called:
Flap Meat.

Wait, now I'm hungry.
Posted by: banana Dream

(Looks at Lena Dunham)

I don't think I want to know which flap it comes from.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)

245 >>> He said the same thing about pam bondi just a few months ago.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 06:41 PM (0N4FZ)


BREAKING 🚨 Jim Cramer CONFIRMS that Jim Cramer has full confidence in Tulsi Gabbard

SHE’S HERE TO STAY 🔥

Posted by: Jim Cramer at April 02, 2026 06:46 PM (3uBP9)

246 Cross your trek and hope to die?"

Well, not in the outback, that's for sure

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 06:46 PM (XuXeR)

247 The UK still has Judas Priest to be the Defenders of the Faith.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM (ohOaC)

I think Faith No More has taken over the defense.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (V4IXI)

248 nood


quickies

Posted by: Jim Cramer at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

249 Kent is one of those people who are a mystery to me. Well accomplished and a patriot but seemingly a retard
+++
What I don't get is why he had such a heel turn. He was reasonable and steady and patriotic then he went nuts in like 5 months. He's saying he absolute reverse of what he said before and how he's talking about testifying in defense of the dude who murdered Charlie Kirk. Something, someone has flipped several people in a major way and I really want to know who and how.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
===

Iran pays him better ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)

250 Netanyahu was Minister of Finance for Ariel Sharon who not only just defeated him in election but they hated each other. Netanyahu did an excellent job for Sharon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:38 PM (YvvFZ)

Dude was named after a f**king mermaid. No wonder Netanyahu hated his a**.

Posted by: Nelly at April 02, 2026 06:47 PM (7gpcF)

251
King Tampon believes so much in everything that he believes in nothing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 06:48 PM (xG4kz)

252 Heh heh heh, I just found out there's a cut of meat called:
Flap Meat.------


Where did you find that out? Pornhub ?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:48 PM (V4IXI)

253 Time for Dem meltdowns.

The WH ballroom was approved 8-1 in the National Capital Planning Commission.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (Fi81e)

254 >>>Trump is not shy about moving someone he likes to a new position if he thinks the fit isn't right for the moment. If he really was furious with her she wouldn't be doing a 30 day transition.
Posted by: JackStraw
---

She was good with meat and potatoes work but
she was no demon slayer. Her replacement must be
a demon slayer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 06:49 PM (YvvFZ)

255 King Chuck now defending Islam.
Good luck with the Caliphate England

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:51 PM (Ia/+0)

256 You can eat my flaps any time...
Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 02, 2026 06:45 PM


* elbows Lena aside *

Us.

Posted by: The Ladies of The View at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (0sNs1)

257 We certainly need a Demon slayer

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

258 You know who else defends islam? That would be William.

Lizzy saw where the butter was meeting the bread and went with it. Chuck isn't bright enough to have those thoughts on his own

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 06:55 PM (+nEug)

259 Anyone who opines that Iran was not a threat can't be anything but a retard.

Or lying, for whatever reason.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 07:25 PM (to48P)

260 If Charles III converts to Mohammedanism, can he still head the Church of England?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (to48P)

261 If Charles III converts to Mohammedanism, can he still head the Church of England?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 02, 2026 07:27 PM (to48P)
Is there a difference?

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 02, 2026 08:15 PM (P4Pk9)

262 Why? Do Democrats want Tulsi fired because she is a woman, a person of color, or because she uncovered the fraud and felonies that Barack Obama committed while President of the United States? Or is it a combination of the three?

Posted by: wferrin at April 02, 2026 09:01 PM (lCdHU)

263 This is garbage. The Tulsi rumor and cabinet polls were started by the same masturbators who leaked rumors about 45 cabinet officials. It might rhyme with Cannon.

Posted by: wferrin at April 02, 2026 09:07 PM (lCdHU)

264 Anyone who opines that Iran was not a threat can't be anything but a retard. They have been a threat for over 40 years. Only issue I ever have had with Reagan. He should have turned them into glass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 06:16 PM

Interestingly, Charlie Kirk in June of last year was adamantly against war with Iran. Called Lindsey Graham insane for advocating for regime change in Iran.

YouTube (Charlie Kirk): https://bit.ly/3NERJ6I

"'Take out the Ayatollah!' Resist that temptation. That's not prudence. That's not self-control. That's something else talking. That's a zeal. Very same zeal got us involved in a pile of garbage in Iraq. It all felt good with 'Shock and Awe' in March 2003. 'We're unstoppable. We're gonna take Iraq in a weekend.' Turns out, it didn't work that way. A lot of people died. A lot of Americans died unnecessarily."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 02, 2026 10:33 PM (P5BPp)

Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro Is So Pro-Democracy He Wants a Council of Elders To Ban People He Doesn't Like From Running for President

nurse ratched asked for a "fun thread." I don't know if this counts, but maybe it does.

Batya Ungar-Sargon
@bungarsargon

This is such a perfect example of how Trump broke the brains of so many on the Left. In the name of opposing "totalitarianism" and "defending democracy," DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office, including someone who went on to win the popular vote.

What's sad is that DeNiro is obviously experiencing immense, totalizing pain, genuine psychic distress at the outcome of an election.

So much of their hatred of Trump is just an attempt to evade recognizing that democracy--their neighbors getting what they want when they vote in greater numbers--causes them searing psychic pain.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:38 PM




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1 SUPER GENIUS

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:38 PM (N1DT3)

2 Dude has lost his marbles. He's ruined all his once enjoyable movies. FOAD.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (dK+Kv)

3 The left has taken Orwell as a blueprint, not a warning.

Doublethink (TM) is their bread and butter.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (N1DT3)

4 It seems like we DO have a screening process, though it's debatable how robust it is considering some of the idiots who have landed on the final Presidential ticket (on both sides).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (ESVrU)

5
TDS is degenerative.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (IifOV)

6 Dude has lost his marbles. He's ruined all his once enjoyable movies. FOAD.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (dK+Kv)

Eh. I expect actors to be idiots. They rarely disappoint.

However, we really need to do something about the people who DO look to celebrities for anything other than entertainment.

We need to go back to treating actors as barely better than prostitutes...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (N1DT3)

7 High School Equivalency Graduate Robert Deniro

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)

8 The EU basically does this. Outlaws parties, outlaws individuals, negates election results when the approved parties don't win.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (YwEeS)

9 What a maroon.

Posted by: bugs bunny at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OFw3k)

10 "What's sad is that DeNiro is obviously experiencing immense, totalizing pain, genuine psychic distress at the outcome of an election."

Sad for who? All I got is joy joy joy.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (UoFpr)

11 To be fair, when the left wrests control and imposes their vision, I'll be under some psychological stress.

Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (peFv8)

12 Great joke. What do you call it??

THE AUTHORITY~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (diia5)

13 DeNiro was never bright or learned, but he has been so praised, protected, and coddled that in his dotage he genuinely believes he is that great.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (El6/E)

14 grandpa is off his meds again

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (jGJov)

15 The EU basically does this. Outlaws parties, outlaws individuals, negates election results when the approved parties don't win./i]

"Und zometimes, ve kill zem!"
--Germany

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (El6/E)

16 Some good news-

Lt. Dan Rooney, the founder and CEO of Folds of Honor, is running as a Republican in Oklahoma for Congress.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (NpAcC)

17 Oh, hey, I just pulled off the hat-trick Sponge. Three-peat baby!

/spikes the football, rounds the bases at a trot.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (N1DT3)

18 Say what you will about Bobby DeNiro, he never shot and killed a woman on set.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (ndZc7)

19 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?" That is, who elects them? Is there another council that decides who can run for the council?

Is it councils all the way down?

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)

20 Oh, hey, I just pulled off the hat-trick Sponge. Three-peat baby!

/spikes the football, rounds the bases at a trot.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian


* holds out glove for a fistbump when FV skates by the bench *

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)

21
This is the opposite of the Democracy these lunatics are always whining about.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (IifOV)

22
@bungarsargon


bung. ars. argon.

Now that is one self-confident woman!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (xG4kz)

23 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?"

The Supreme Leader, obviously.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (4NO2D)

24 Bobby’s take is pretty mild. The usual hot take by the left is save our most precious democracy by putting our political opponents in prison. He’s only banning them from holding office.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (nLVHX)

25 "So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?"

The same people that pick the Oscars.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (UoFpr)

26 >>>@bungarsargon
This is such a perfect example of how Trump broke the brains

It doesn't sit right to say that Trump broke them. They broke. They broke themselves--in response to Trump.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (fNISR)

27 A fun thread would be is where the Mariners beat the Dodgers in the World Series and us Mariner faithful get to gloat and snark until we pass out.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (glnUu)

28 Willowed:

Will there be a first female to set foot on the Moon?
Posted by: Maj. Healey


Alice Kramden is already there.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (J8NZO)

29 Eh. I expect actors to be idiots. They rarely disappoint.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (N1DT3)

At least, in the past, they kept their mouths shut for the sake of the profitability of their works. They should do that some more or starve.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (dK+Kv)

30 The EU basically does this. Outlaws parties, outlaws individuals, negates election results when the approved parties don't win.
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (YwEeS)


Exactly, some points of view are so toxic to the way things ought to be, that the people who espouse them must be silenced, ensuring by social or political pressure that no one can ever admit listening to them or supporting any part of what is said, and be called fascists or antisemites or something, so it is OK to destroy them.
Cass Sunstein was big on that, and lots of people thought it was so powerful a method, they should adopt it themselves.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (rbvCR)

31 The problem for the left is that all their radical dreams were JUST ABOUT to be totally realized and Trump interrupted them. Like, the cat jumped on the bed just before orgasm.

Then he proceeded to strip away one thing after another that they had imposed on us in their insanity, like tranny bathrooms and USAID graft. From their perspective this is like mom coming into your room, ripping all the posters off the wall and taking away your console game. Its someone desecrating their shrine to Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (El6/E)

32 TDS is real and it is both horrifying and hilarious.

I love trolling cow workers and it’s incredibly easy and they lose their shit and say really REALLY crazy stuff.

I had one comparing the adverts for MAID in Canada with the adverts for signing up for the Army the USA.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (A5RD0)

33 High School Equivalency Graduate Robert Deniro

-
Well, at least he wasn’t a plumber.
- Jimmy Kimmel

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)

34 Trump, a wildly successful businessman, isn't qualified to be POTUS but a failed community organizer and part time college instructor is.

Otay.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (viF8m)

35 How did Sparta chose the Ephors?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:47 PM (rbvCR)

36
Perfect!

"Booby Hatch" DeNiro and Bruce "Old McSpringsteen" can be the charter members of this Council of Experts!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:47 PM (xG4kz)

37 Is it councils all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)


The Council of Zion, with wise elder Cornel West.

Posted by: I think The Matrix covered this council thing at April 02, 2026 04:47 PM (XE5AP)

38 The funniest part is that the one country that I can think that has exactly this system is Iran. They have a council of Ayatollahs, I think they call it the Guardian Council, which rules on who is allowed to be a candidate or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 04:47 PM (cKPyM)

39 Exactly, some points of view are so toxic to the way things ought to be, that the people who espouse them must be silenced

I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)

40 They also want only “approved journalists” to be able to do journalism.

What it comes down to for these wretched filthy cockcuskers is they want credentials for everything. Why not a credential to run for president? And who will be the credentialing body? Why a far left organization of course. Like the ABA or AMA.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (nLVHX)

41 DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office,


Fuck you you cock sucker. You stay in NYC and choke on Mayor Jihadis taxes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (J8NZO)

42 4 It seems like we DO have a screening process, though it's debatable how robust it is considering some of the idiots who have landed on the final Presidential ticket (on both sides).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Every single way to pick leadership has been tried in history and failed to be perfect. Popular sovereignty, like Winston Churchill said about democracy, is the worst of all ways to choose a leader except for the other methods.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (E4rtv)

43 DeNiro needs to remove his monster shoes and stand barefoot in the grass. Maybe that would ground him.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (w6EFb)

44 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?"

The Supreme Leader, obviously.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Morgan Freeman?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)

45 Remember that movie where DeNiro's cat uses his mom's ashes as a litter box?
I don't want that fate for DeNiro's mom. To be clear.

Posted by: Meow, grunt, meow at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (gKWVE)

46 And i will be your Supreme Leader.

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (hUFDe)

47 "Dude has lost his marbles. He's ruined all his once enjoyable movies. FOAD.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder"


Luckily for me, I was never a fan.

But I do like Heat.

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (aTgV0)

48 De Niro played himself in Awakenings, but without the L-Dopa.

Posted by: Candice Owens at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (bNf8H)

49 Fkin DeNiro is a turned Marxists

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (Ia/+0)

50 Gee a screening process to run for president......Maybe, just maybe we could have a two part screening process just to make sure a person has been screened to run for president.


The first one is where your political party votes for the person they want to be president and then he/she goes on to another part of the process. Let's call it a general election where everyone in the country gets to vote for the guy who they think should be president.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (0N4FZ)

51
Was Red Kammie "screened" by anybody, Booby?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (xG4kz)

52 Off nostrildame sock.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (bNf8H)

53 I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)

Resist that urge.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)

54 27 A fun thread would be is where the Mariners beat the Dodgers in the World Series and us Mariner faithful get to gloat and snark until we pass out.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


That would have been GLORIOUS!

Has any city ever won both the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (A5RD0)

55 Taking advice from people whose entire life has consisted of playing make-believe is incomprehensible to me.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (iKI3U)

56
Somebody lower the lifts in Booby's shoes -- he's huffing the ozone layer all the time, now.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (xG4kz)

57 "The first one is where your political party votes for the person they want to be president and then he/she goes on to another part of the process"

Oh, we don't need that

Posted by: The Democrat Party at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (UoFpr)

58 The Council of Elders approach was done by the Dims. They chose Commie Harris. Does he really want more of that?

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pR6C/)

59 Is Nostridamus going to be on his council or is she too young?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (pDt9x)

60 This is a great idea. I think this council should be headquarted on the farthest island in the Aleutian Chain.

Too bad about that whole Constitution thingy.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (+DSUk)

61 Has any city ever won both the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (A5RD0)

I think the Mets and the Giants both won in '86

Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (peFv8)

62
Same year wins in Superb Owl and the World Series?

New England / Boston, maybe?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (xG4kz)

63 I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)


Average people, unlike us, are credulous and easily led into sin. We must act now to prevent future problems, and make sure their actions do not endanger us all.
Their rights and freedoms are upheld by us, but their ability to chose must be curtailed in the preservation of their liberty.
We must become the ultimate arbitrators of acceptable discourse and investigation, thus we secure the future, everlasting, radiant and bring about the era of the New Man.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (rbvCR)

64 This is pretty much what the commies did in every place that they took over, you could only vote for who the commies put on the ballot.

That is why smart people always say you can't vote your way out of communism.

I hate fucking commies.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 02, 2026 04:52 PM (k1E2D)

65 The EU basically does this. Outlaws parties, outlaws individuals, negates election results when the approved parties don't win.
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 04:42 PM (YwEeS)

The EU doesn't outlaw parties, you are assigned one when elected. However, since the parliament isn't the final rule on making laws this doesn't matter a lot.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)

66 Gotta go, I have a bunch of apple rootstock to graft.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

67 [recollects that in the past, entertainers were looked down on]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 04:52 PM (XeU6L)

68 I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)

Resist that urge.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)

Yes. That should be the screening process for allowing people into the country. If you are born here, we won't control your thoughts, but if you want to come here, we aren't letting in degenerate ideologies.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (N1DT3)

69 We must become the ultimate arbitrators of acceptable discourse and investigation, thus we secure the future, everlasting, radiant and bring about the era of the New Man.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (rbvCR)

He’s a rebel and a runner
He’s a signal turning green
He’s a restless young romantic
Wants to run the big machine

He’s got a problem with his poisons
But you know he’ll find a cure
He’s cleaning up his systems
To keep his nature pure

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

70 DeNiro's confused about what America has become? Welcome to the party pal...I'm pretty confused how the America I knew growing up became a dystopian leftist hellhole, where half the country can't define what a woman is, thinks LBGTQWTF is just peachy, loves communism, is just fine with dudes beating the hell out of women in sports, etc., etc.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (XMwZJ)

71 "When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong."

Posted by: Meryl Streep, Method Actor, in The Giver at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (XE5AP)

72 Has any city ever won both the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (A5RD0)

I think the Mets and the Giants both won in '86
Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (peFv

And Penn State won the national championship. It was a great year for all my teams.

Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (peFv8)

73 In order to make the actual moon landing DEI Approved the first moon flight will contain a crew of 3,345 to satisfy all the requirements to meet a perfect DEI Moon Landing Mission.

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (cAEZx)

74 It’s really fun and always beings a smile to my face to see fucknugget retards like DeNiro have complete and total mental breakdowns over the fact that Trump is their President. The mere thought of “President Trump” burns the gay worms fucking in their head like someone poured boiling oil on their brains. It literally causes them physical pain. I love it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (PudHT)

75 DiNero is a short little man with the short-man syndrome. A lot of things are tiny with him and he's frustrated.
......................................
O/T but I ask for prayers for my son and DIL who are going through a miscarriage with their first baby. I can do nothing but pray through my tears for this unexpected sadness.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)

76 Has any city ever won both the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (A5RD0)

I think the Mets and the Giants both won in '86
Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (peFv

Jets and Miracle Mets came close I think.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:54 PM (8avO+)

77 "He’s a rebel and a runner
He’s a signal turning green
He’s a restless young romantic
Wants to run the big machine

He’s got a problem with his poisons
But you know he’ll find a cure
He’s cleaning up his systems
To keep his nature pure"

That's so Rush sounding it has to be Rush.

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:54 PM (aTgV0)

78 50 Gee a screening process to run for president......Maybe, just maybe we could have a two part screening process just to make sure a person has been screened to run for president.


The first one is where your political party votes for the person they want to be president and then he/she goes on to another part of the process. Let's call it a general election where everyone in the country gets to vote for the guy who they think should be president.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (0N4FZ)

It's kind of funny that the people he wants to be in charge tried to do that in 2024.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 02, 2026 04:54 PM (k1E2D)

79 If we none of Robert De Niro's movies survived, would we care.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:54 PM (fNISR)

80 *had

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:54 PM (fNISR)

81
They also want only “approved journalists” to be able to do journalism.

Remember when Fredo Cuomo informed we, the great unwashed, that we were NOT to read the ClimateGate emails -- only urinalists were qualified to do so?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (xG4kz)

82 >>If we none of Robert De Niro's movies survived, would we care.


Midnite Run was a great flick.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (TLp3A)

83 I don't think they are necessarily broken. Their way, the way of the left, has been the ruling conceptual framework of society for most of their existence. The government, the media, the GOPe, everybody just accepted that the leftists were in control of everything everywhere. Now, many of us didn't like that; we surely hoped it would change, but we had f-all means to change it.

Now there is one person who challenges that. And that one person is against all the government, the GOPe, the media, everybody but us few. So from the perspective of a leftist, this is just a short odd transient, an aberration from the established leftist norm. One man against the world who will be out of office soon and then it's time for seizing their rightful throne and exacting terrible vengeance against their vanquished enemies.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (3uBP9)

84 >>I think the Mets and the Giants both won in '86

NY Mets and NY Jets both won in 1969.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

85 Do any of y’all troll acquaintances? Not being mean. But just eff with them and get them all fulffernittered and spitting and eyes bulging, just for ahits and giggles?

How do you do it so they don’t really realize it until they are frothing at the mouth and you walked away ten minutes ago?

This is my goal for April.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (A5RD0)

86 Italian?

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (3uBP9)

87 The absurdity is that the reason we have primaries is because self-declared progressives wanted the people to decide who candidates would be rather than letting a council of elites, party bosses at the time and congressional delegations originally, decide who candidates would be.

Now that popular choice is inconvenient, proggies want to fire the people and go back to secret councils in smoke-filled rooms.

Posted by: Sam at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (7jMef)

88 28 Willowed:

Will there be a first female to set foot on the Moon?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Alice Kramden is already there.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (J8NZO)

; )

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (fNISR)

89 OT:

I stumbled onto NASA's live coverage of the Artemis II mission on YouTube.

They're showing the external camera view of the engines.

In the background you can see red streaks zipping through the camera view. I'm wondering if those are stars, illustrating just how fast the spacecraft is going (6400+ mph at the moment)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

90 FEED ME!

Posted by: barrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (3uBP9)

91 Alice Kramden is already there.
Posted by: rickb223

I watched the old Hitchcock movie Rebecca yesterday which had a scene set in a French restaurant. Laurence Olivier called a waiter over, "Garçon!" Reminded me of when Ralph and Alice were in Paris and Ralph calls the waiter over, "Gargoyle!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (ndZc7)

92 No actors opinion is more important than mine on anything but acting, and there are even some exceptions to their acting opinions is my stance.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (pDt9x)

93 I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)



The antidote to those ideas is a healthy education system that teaches about those ideas in a balanced and ruthlessly honest manner - showing both bad and good (if there is any good in those ideologies) mixed with a strong dose of critical thinking skills.


Unfortunately, the commies figured this out and took over and poisoned our education system to do exactly the opposite.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (iKI3U)

94 Trump didn't break their brains -- the programming did that.

They are like the guys in A Clockwork Orange that puke when they think of violence.

DeNiro is just highly susceptible to the programming because he has a very weak mind (most actors do) and a very high desire to be liked and conform (most actors do.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (MHAh2)

95 I do not think it sad that DeNiro is in agony.

Just for the record.

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (aTgV0)

96 Same year wins in Superb Owl and the World Series?

New England / Boston, maybe?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:51 PM (xG4kz)

Seems NY has done it multiple times. (Pre-and Post superbowl)

Detroit has done it. (Well, Pre-superbowl)

Pittsburgh

San Francisco

Boston.

A few others have also have an NHL title or NBA title with MLB or NFL.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (N1DT3)

97 Mmmmm, banana Dream

Posted by: The Barrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (XE5AP)

98
Oh, boy! I get to go to The Barrel!

That's a damn sight better than getting sentenced to serve time in the Space Toilet, that's for sure!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:57 PM (xG4kz)

99 Oh dear. Krebs, report to the Apollo 10 launch aka "the interplanetary barrel"

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:57 PM (gKWVE)

100 Wow, today is like a "You are fired!" day !

"BREAKING: Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, according to CBS News. Circumstances unclear."

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 04:57 PM (GD0B3)

101 100

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:57 PM (fNISR)

102 Mmmmm, banana Dream
Posted by: The Barrel


banana Dream fixed it. Krebs started it. You only get one. Don't be greedy.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (VHUov)

103 At least, in the past, they kept their mouths shut for the sake of the profitability of their works. They should do that some more or starve.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:46 PM (dK+Kv)

But Hollywood became just a giant money laundering machine, with no profit motive whatsoever.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (lLEcp)

104 If we none of Robert De Niro's movies survived, would we care.

Midnite Run was a great flick. - Posted by: garrett
Good Fellas

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (glnUu)

105 >>The antidote to those ideas is a healthy education system that teaches about those ideas in a balanced and ruthlessly honest manner -


Watching Commies and Islamists, in the thousands, getting summarily and publicly executed is a Lesson few would forget.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (TLp3A)

106 100 Wow, today is like a "You are fired!" day !

"BREAKING: Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, according to CBS News. Circumstances unclear."
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 04:57

Asked or ordered? I want ordered.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (pDt9x)

107 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?" That is, who elects them? Is there another council that decides who can run for the council?

Is it councils all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)

That's the problem with the utopianists. Most systems sound ok -- if you are the one in charge. You should aways assume that your enemy, or an idiot, gets charge of your perfect system to test if it is workable at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (8avO+)

108
I've got my bindle stick packed and I'm off!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (xG4kz)

109 musta been all those punches to the head in "Raging Bull"....

Posted by: pahound at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (HJCDN)

110 what's the read on this guy?

@disclosetv 12m
JUST IN - Pete Hegseth asks Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement — CBS

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (diia5)

111 >>> In the background you can see red streaks zipping through the camera view. I'm wondering if those are stars, illustrating just how fast the spacecraft is going (6400+ mph at the moment)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)


Are the stars red or blue? Is there apparent parallax? Are they traveling to other galaxies?

Posted by: barrel at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (3uBP9)

112 We could call them super delegates or something.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (okun6)

113 Are the Jets and the Giants going to suck again this year? As opposed to the Texans who do okay until the first playoff before they grease up and bend over

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (gKWVE)

114 It's always Todd

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (Cqx++)

115 We need to go back to treating actors as barely better than prostitutes..."

At least prostitutes leave when everything's done...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (cGjQu)

116 DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office, including someone who went on to win the popular vote.

Hey, you all could meet on Epstein's Island!

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (xQK38)

117 But Hollywood became just a giant money laundering machine, with no profit motive whatsoever.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (lLEcp)
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Hollywood Accounting makes quantum mechanics look like basic arithmetic.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (ESVrU)

118 Not a "council of elders". A family of Made Guys.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (AlhUl)

119 So I'm told....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (cGjQu)

120 BREAKING: Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, according to CBS News. Circumstances unclear."
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 04:57

Asked or ordered? I want ordered.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (pDt9x)

Ordered, but internet is unreliable!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)

121 I love about Al Pacino. He has skill, talent, intensity, a willingness to take risks, and above all range - King Lear, The Merchant of Venice (film and on the stage) and two versions of Richard III.

And I don't know his politics.

Meanwhile DeNiro only plays himself and has no range, only playing variations of 'tough guys" which is funny considering his dad was a big deal gay artist and his family had dough.

He's got an $8 million mansion in Montauk and a 98 acres estate in Gardiner NY.west of Poughkeepsie, so he's plenty insulated from the progressive shit he whines about.

I hope ICE puts a detention facility next door to him in both places.

Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (OFw3k)

122 Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)
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The antidote to those ideas is a healthy education system that teaches about those ideas....
Posted by: Chairborne!.
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These are diffferent classes of ideas.

Fascism runs through every man's heart and requires education and morality, and a society to keep down.

Socialism (communism...) is the white noise of ideology. We are all socialists when infants and we learn about the world and learn that others are not there to provide for us. This requires teaching and education.

islam is a slave cult and must be banished.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (MHAh2)

123
* checks toilet in Barrel *

It flushes! This place is luxurious!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (xG4kz)

124 I was actually thinking about checking out what was playing locally and then this clown had to shoot his mouth off. And today I see Streep is flapping her gums convincing us women are too stupid to figure out how to vote.
Fu*k Hollywood.
Not one more dollar from me, assholes.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (2WIwB)

125 Are the stars red or blue? Is there apparent parallax? Are they traveling to other galaxies?

Posted by: barrel at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (3uBP9)

Is it red shift that is a result of moving very fast past a light source that shows an apparent increase in wavelength? I forget.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (dK+Kv)

126 We had to burn the village to save the village.

We must initiate totalitarianism to prevent someone we don't like from getting elected and becoming a totalitarian.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (D7v4F)

127 Maybe the old guy waz fooling around with his secretary !

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (GD0B3)

128 I invoke my short-arse privilege to observe that:

This is exactly the kind of authoritarian outlook I'd expect from a guy who's spent decades wearing shoes with 4-inch soles so that he can act like a tough guy in movies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (z5QST)

129 Huh. Maybe runner's right on this one. Could it be that Trump and Vance are planning to call shens on Thune's bogus "recess" and appoint a bunch of MAGA?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (gKWVE)

130 What De Niro wants is a totalitarianism of the left to combat the mere potential for totalitarianism on the right.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (D7v4F)

131 nurse ratched asked for a "fun thread." I don't know if this counts, but maybe it does.
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I think it does, since it features a clown.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

132 Oh, boy! I get to go to The Barrel!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot


I see you didn't get the Platinum Membership instruction card. Item 5 says to put [ / i ] in the Name field after your name ( without the spaces, obviously. )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (diia5)

133 Are the stars red or blue? Is there apparent parallax? Are they traveling to other galaxies?
Posted by: barrel at April 02, 2026 04:59 PM (3uBP9)
---
it could just be a camera artifact. The image does jitter and skip quite a bit as the signal comes and goes. There are similar black lines that streak over the whiteness of the engine.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (ESVrU)

134 DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office,
_______________________________

Isn't this how Democrats choose their presidential candidates? I mean....literally. (Kamala Harris)

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

135 121 I love about Al Pacino. He has skill, talent, intensity, a willingness to take risks, and above all range - King Lear, The Merchant of Venice (film and on the stage) and two versions of Richard III.

And I don't know his politics.

Meanwhile DeNiro only plays himself and has no range, only playing variations of 'tough guys" which is funny considering his dad was a big deal gay artist and his family had dough.

Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (OFw3k)

*applause!*
And The Godfather.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (fNISR)

136
DeNiro started out sucking as an actor in "Mean Streets" and almost without exception, he has sucked ever since.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (xG4kz)

137 The fight is with the Argument of Utility.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (TLp3A)

138 If we none of Robert De Niro's movies survived, would we care.

He has had a bunch of great movies, but honestly I would not be heartbroken if they were gone forever. I mean I really like Heat an Midnight Run and Godfather Part II and The Untouchables, Bronx Tale, Casino, and Goodfellas. I even like stuff like Brazil and Jackie Brown. But I don't need to ever see them again.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (El6/E)

139 I think it does, since it features a clown.
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)
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Except no one likes clowns.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (ESVrU)

140 * checks toilet in Barrel *

It flushes! This place is luxurious!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (xG4kz)

***

Well, after flushing do NOT look up at that pipe sticking out from the ceiling.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (2WIwB)

141 @129 Vance is busy with the Paki hotline.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

142 Well, if Bobby is experiencing severe pain, he can always go to Canada. I hear they have a banging new treatment for people that have pain.

In fact, if Bobby got his pain dealt with, that might actually go a little way to making me feel better too.

See Bob, everybody wins! Go to Canada!

Posted by: Nelly at April 02, 2026 05:03 PM (7gpcF)

143 Is it red shift that is a result of moving very fast past a light source that shows an apparent increase in wavelength? I forget."

Christian Doppler whimpers...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:03 PM (cGjQu)

144 DeNiro's confused about what America has become? Welcome to the party pal...I'm pretty confused how the America I knew growing up became a dystopian leftist hellhole, where half the country can't define what a woman is, thinks LBGTQWTF is just peachy, loves communism, is just fine with dudes beating the hell out of women in sports, etc., etc.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM


Don't forget the part where the liberals celebrate grown naked men walking around locker rooms with their junk hanging out while young girls are there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 05:03 PM (0N4FZ)

145 Red shift at Artemis speed? Do not think so.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (pDt9x)

146 >>I think the Mets and the Giants both won in '86

NY Mets and NY Jets both won in 1969.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

the Bears won the SB following the 85 season, which was in Jan 86. There is an ambiguity in this stat as to what year / season is in the 'same year'

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (8avO+)

147 Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Deniro's kink getting shit on by Black Models?

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (TLp3A)

148 the whiteness of the engine."

Engine privilege?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (cGjQu)

149 In the background you can see red streaks zipping through the camera view. I'm wondering if those are stars, illustrating just how fast the spacecraft is going (6400+ mph at the moment)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

uh, no. You have to get to a significant percentage of the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) to get the visible red shift thing going.

Red streaks flashing away? Maybe somebody on board is a chain smoker, and they're tossing their cigarette butts out the open window. Hope they don't start a fire or get ticketed for littering.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (lLEcp)

150 Has any city ever won both the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (A5RD0)

Pyongyang?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (g8Ew8)

151 Super Bowl and WS winners in same season
1970 Orioles and Colts
1986 Giants and Mets
2004 Red Sox and Patriots
2018 Red Sox and Patriots

While none of these happened during the same calendar year, they were in the same season because the Super Bowl was/is played in January/February.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 02, 2026 05:05 PM (k1E2D)

152 Why am I seeing stuff like this all over the place?

"According to multiple current Trump administration officials with access to Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was just named Acting Attorney General, has been the main roadblock holding up prosecutions of former Biden officials, state-level politicians, and Antifa terrorists. Todd Blanche personally shut down the DOJ’s “weaponization” task force and is responsible for sidelining Ed Martin.

Todd Blanche sees himself as a “principled” conservative and views investigations of Trump enemies like Jack Smith as an “abuse of power.” He has privately told staff that he will not “stoop to that level.”

Under Todd Blanche, the failure of the DOJ to investigate left-wing terrorists and former officials who prosecuted President Trump will only get worse."

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)

153 Hope they don't start a fire or get ticketed for littering."

Don't mess with Texas!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:05 PM (cGjQu)

154 Is there a "No Midget Pretend Mafiosi" movement in America?

Bobby De Niro is a scrub, a back bencher, and he's not as bright Bobby Boombats.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 05:06 PM (UqSya)

155 In the background you can see red streaks zipping through the camera view. I'm wondering if those are stars, illustrating just how fast the spacecraft is going (6400+ mph at the moment)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

It's the aliens leaving the dark side of the moon

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 02, 2026 05:06 PM (pR6C/)

156 The goofs across the street from me are wearing covid masks while they hang out in their garage. This is striking me as nutso behavior. Could be wrong. Pretty sure I am not.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 05:06 PM (glnUu)

157 66- Did someone say graft?

Posted by: Omar the raghead at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (OFw3k)

158 Red shift at night. Rocket's delight.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (Cqx++)

159 But Hollywood became just a giant money laundering machine, with no profit motive whatsoever.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (lLEcp)
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Hollywood Accounting makes quantum mechanics look like basic arithmetic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (ESVrU)

it's just fraud, it isn't complicated.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (8avO+)

160
By denying Trump's legitimacy, these leftists are denying the legitimacy of the majority of voters who elected him. If they want him in jail for winning, they want us in jail for voting for him.

DeNiro is reportedly pretty dumb. He's probably just repeating what people around him are saying.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (biznJ)

161 Blanche helped Trump in NY with Trump's bimbo situation, which means nothing. He sounds like another Andre McCarthy.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (GD0B3)

162 uh, no. You have to get to a significant percentage of the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) to get the visible red shift thing going.

Red streaks flashing away? Maybe somebody on board is a chain smoker, and they're tossing their cigarette butts out the open window. Hope they don't start a fire or get ticketed for littering.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 05:04 PM (lLEcp)
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No, I guess it's just camera artifacts. Although they are using a decent resolution camera, it's still showing some stuttering in the image.

Right now you can see the crew slowly rotating a solar array. Frames are being skipped.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (ESVrU)

163 This is the opposite of the Democracy these lunatics are always whining about.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 04:45 PM (IifOV)
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They are context free. They don't know what fascism is. They don't know what makes kings. They just flap their lips.

I stopped calling people on news shows "panel" and started calling them "news yackers". Because they just yack, many of them don't know shit about shit quite often and their performance is just emoting how they're mad as hell and aren't going to take (what?) anymore.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

164 I found a man confused, angry and bewildered at what America had become. He just could not understand who or what Donald Trump really was.
===

Not really. He is just fundamentally incurious.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (RIvkX)

165 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (pDt9x)

166 runner, thank you. I remember reading about Blanche 's opinions now.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 05:08 PM (+nEug)

167 I like Casino. I can watch it over and over. But anything more recent with him in it I can't watch. His idiocy has ruined them.

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 05:08 PM (lCppi)

168 I think that my college football team, my pro football team, and my favorite MLB all won championships in the same season once.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:08 PM (4NO2D)

169 39 Exactly, some points of view are so toxic to the way things ought to be, that the people who espouse them must be silenced

I am actually coming to this perspective regarding Islam, Communism, and Fascism. Some ideas are so toxic to society and culture, to liberty and civilization that they cannot be allowed in our public discourse.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)


I dream of the day that Marxism and Islam are treated like White Nationalism, and if you look around a meeting wondering who the narc is, it's all of them. Literally every single one of them except for you is an undercover agent or registered asset with some state, local, or Federal agency or another. They're all building files on each other's cover identities like it's a great big game, except that you yourself will be going to PMITA prison for real if you so much as sneeze wrong. And they're all trying to get you to cross state lines with a controlled substance, explosive device, and NFA firearm, in the service of a recorded conspiracy.

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 05:09 PM (Sy6m/)

170 Joe Biden?

Posted by: pahound at April 02, 2026 05:09 PM (HJCDN)

171 Super Bowl and WS winners in same season
1970 Orioles and Colts
1986 Giants and Mets
2004 Red Sox and Patriots
2018 Red Sox and Patriots

While none of these happened during the same calendar year, they were in the same season because the Super Bowl was/is played in January/February.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper

I am more than mildly annoyed that the Red Sox and Patriots are on that list twice. Once is plenty. Zero is perfect.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 05:09 PM (glnUu)

172 Many actors learn to act when young by taking on a persona and getting a reaction. They learn to read the audience and see what gets a big reaction, and they keep doing that.

It is why they are considered on the level with whores. They are whoring for attention. Some get very rich doing that.

Once they get rich, they get surrounded by a lower class of whore, the sycophant. The groupie. So now you have a rich attention seeking whore, and a money seeking attention giving whore and like two rats fucking in a coffee can on a hill, it just keeps rolling down faster and faster until it crashes.

So they still have coffee cans in USA? In Japan it is all bags. I miss the cans.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 05:09 PM (MHAh2)

173 DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office,
_______________________________

Isn't this how Democrats choose their presidential candidates? I mean....literally. (Kamala Harris)
Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

So, Democrat candidates will be chosen by Joe Biden until he dies? This could be entertaining.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (S/Y4j)

174 But Hollywood became just a giant money laundering machine, with no profit motive whatsoever.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 02, 2026 04:58 PM (lLEcp)
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Nah, if they were there to make money, the money makers like Hail Mary wouldn't shock them into kinda talking about how they kinda might change the movies they are making.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)

175 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think."

Too tall to play Muggsy Bogues?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (cGjQu)

176 @Ben Had, what d'you remember ??

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (GD0B3)

177 I think that my college football team, my pro football team, and my favorite MLB all won championships in the same season once.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:08 PM (4NO2D)

Happens every year if you just change the teams when somebody wins.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)

178 Wait just a second DeNiro... don't you have to have a committee to then decide on who can be on the elite committee?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (n5tGW)

179 We can all it "The Council of Experts", after its Iranian equivalent.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2026 05:10 PM (n1OCj)

180 I want to trip him on a banana peel.
And mock him.

Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (KtOUo)

181 he is there temporarily, but he should not be there at all !

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (GD0B3)

182 >>> Is it red shift that is a result of moving very fast past a light source that shows an apparent increase in wavelength? I forget.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (dK+Kv)


I actually can't remember if it is affected by the velocity of the inertial reference of the observer or just a function of the universe's expansion. Space stuff is to funky for my engineering brain to understand very well. You'd think delta v is delta v, but who knows?

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (3uBP9)

183 Isn't this how Democrats choose their presidential candidates? I mean....literally. (Kamala Harris)

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)
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Superdelegates are the American way!!

This is the party that relied on ACLU through a good portion of the 20th century to legislate social change in the courts. I mean, fuck these people's understanding of "democracy"! It's all slogans to these people.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

184 runner, what you said about holding up and refusing to prosecute cases.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (+nEug)

185 I want to trip him on a banana peel.
And mock him.


I dunno, he might break a hip at his age.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (El6/E)

186 Experts say Experts know best.

Posted by: The Experts at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (glnUu)

187 So they still have coffee cans in USA? In Japan it is all bags. I miss the cans.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 05:09 PM (MHAh2)

I think they have medium size tubs of coffee grounds still.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (8avO+)

188 87 The absurdity is that the reason we have primaries is because self-declared progressives wanted the people to decide who candidates would be rather than letting a council of elites, party bosses at the time and congressional delegations originally, decide who candidates would be.

Now that popular choice is inconvenient, proggies want to fire the people and go back to secret councils in smoke-filled rooms.
Posted by: Sam at April 02, 2026 04:55 PM (7jMef)

Up until 2008, the Dems had their "Super Delegates" which were party insiders that make up about a third of the delegates to the DNC. They were formed for the express purpose of stopping somebody like Jessee Jackson from becoming the nominee.

In 2008, Hillary had secured almost every super delegate to vote for her, and there was concern that those delegates would have put her over the top in 2008, so a push was made to get her to let them vote for Obama and not destroy his historic first and tick off the black vote.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (k1E2D)

189 Philly, of all places, had all 45 "major" sports teams in the championship game/rounds in one season, 1980-81.

Only the baseball Phillies managed to bring home the trophy.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (9CBNQ)

190 But I'd definitely miss this dumb prick's movies if they were gone. Heat and Ronin in particular, which I can rewatch virtually without limit. Also Angel Heart, which I like quite a bit. I more or less expect to hate all actors anyway though. So Micro Bobby's distemper doesn't really register much.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (z5QST)

191 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player,
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Even Spud Webb was 5'7"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (XeU6L)

192 Doh, not 45. Four, lol.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM (9CBNQ)

193 From now on, I will refer to Robert DeNiro as 'the suctorial Robert DeNiro."

Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM (OFw3k)

194 DOJ is probably the most important as far as security of the administration, and the most difficult department to clear of out of garbage.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM (GD0B3)

195 I'm on the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet who can be president. Assuming the committee above me accepts my application.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM (n5tGW)

196 Retardo DeNiro

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (V4IXI)

197 mean, fuck these people's understanding of "democracy"! It's all slogans to these people.
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

You've just nailed it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (g8Ew8)

198 19 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?" That is, who elects them? Is there another council that decides who can run for the council?

Is it councils all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski
.....................................
It's been done.

-Soviet Union

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (1BNwQ)

199 In case someone didn't already mention it:

@DataRepublican
Officially credentialed Pentagon press corps as of today, alongside my interpreter @DataInterpretr . First Deaf journalist to hold the badge. Thank you @JoelValdezDOW for moving mountains to make this unique arrangement possible. Naturally, the legacy media is invited to congratulate the Department of War on their commitment to press corps inclusiveness.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (diia5)

200 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (pDt9x)
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IMBD has him at 5'9 1/2"

They wouldn't choose somebody below 5'6" to play the raging bull Lamada.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

201 I actually can't remember if it is affected by the velocity of the inertial reference of the observer or just a function of the universe's expansion. Space stuff is to funky for my engineering brain to understand very well. You'd think delta v is delta v, but who knows?
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:11 PM (3uBP9)

The shift is that of the spectral lines caused by absorption of light by various molecules between the source and observer. They move redward or blueward depending on the velocity of the emitter relative to the observer. Assuming the light emits at all frequencies equally, the color of the object would appear the same at any redshift.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

202 You'd think delta v is delta v, but who knows?"

Wasn't that a video game too?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (cGjQu)

203 DOJ is probably the most important as far as security of the administration, and the most difficult department to clear of out of garbage.
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM


The problem is that it's full of lawyers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (4NO2D)

204 Nobody was shot in Las Cruces yesterday. On the other hand a 15 year old is currently on trial for being part of a gang of 4 that shot up a park last year, killing 3 and wounding 14.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (glnUu)

205 I'm on the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet who can be president. Assuming the committee above me accepts my application.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM (n5tGW)

CA politics in a nutshell.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 05:16 PM (g8Ew8)

206
We can all it "The Council of Experts", after its Iranian equivalent.

Circle of Fiends

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 05:16 PM (Cqx++)

207 committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet the committee to vet who can be president"

There's a lot of vett'n going on around here ..

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:16 PM (cGjQu)

208 Meanwhile DeNiro only plays himself and has no range, only playing variations of 'tough guys" which is funny considering his dad was a big deal gay artist and his family had dough.

He's got an $8 million mansion in Montauk and a 98 acres estate in Gardiner NY.west of Poughkeepsie, so he's plenty insulated from the progressive shit he whines about.

I hope ICE puts a detention facility next door to him in both places.
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2026 05:00 PM (OFw3k)


That's weird how so many "dark" and or "Tough" actors are really privileged nepo-kids.

Kinda like the Beatles and Stones. The Beatles really were the poor, tough, street kids and the Stones were the flouncy, art school soy boys.

Funny how that works.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 05:17 PM (iJfKG)

209 Is the artemis mission slower than last century's moon missions or did it always take many days to get to the moon? I assume they are using an efficient hohmann transfer and all which I remember nothing about from my college days.

I understand it's a ways away and all. I was born in '70 and don't remember any of the early space stuff so I don't have a reference in my mind for how long it would take.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:17 PM (3uBP9)

210 In case anyone is interested, there is a live feed from cameras on Artemis II

https://youtu.be/_MbnRqxtvUY

Posted by: Joyenz at April 02, 2026 05:18 PM (2F0/Y)

211 We can all it "The Council of Experts", after its Iranian equivalent.

Circle of Fiends"

Elrond?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:18 PM (cGjQu)

212 The problem is that it's full of lawyers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (4NO2D)

I was going to say that the problems is that lawyer are duplicitous bastards😂

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)

213 IMBD has him at 5'9 1/2"

IMDB spots all the male actors a couple inches, its kind of hilarious. Look up Tom Cruise heh

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:18 PM (El6/E)

214 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think. Posted by: tubal
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IMBD has him at 5'9 1/2" They wouldn't choose somebody below 5'6" to play the raging bull Lamada. Posted by: Axeman


"Robert De Niro Wears Platform Shoes to Tower Over Al Pacino" (2017)
https://is.gd/fpQ8ga

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 05:18 PM (glnUu)

215 When DeNiro first came on the scene he had a unique quality to evoke a real person on the screen, as well as a presence. I was blown away by the uniqueness of his performance the first time I saw him, and at that point in my life the main thing I wanted to was to be an actor.

But that doesn't make him worthwhile listening to about politics.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:19 PM (Fi81e)

216 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think.
Posted by: tubal
_________

Put a Fletch afro on him.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 02, 2026 05:19 PM (XvL8K)

217 I think I read that DeNiro is 5'4"" tall. He never played an NBA player, I also think.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:07 PM (pDt9x)
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IMBD has him at 5'9 1/2"

They wouldn't choose somebody below 5'6" to play the raging bull Lamada.
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)


DeNiro is 5'9" only if he's wearing his mega-soled Frankenstein shoes. There enough photos out there to show how that works.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 05:19 PM (iJfKG)

218 Whatever his height he is a prick.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (pDt9x)

219 I miss the cans.

Boob thread.

Posted by: jugear fukstik at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (Kt19C)

220 always take many days to get to the moon"

Depends. Round trip or not?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (cGjQu)

221 >>> Retardo DeNiro
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (V4IXI)

======

If it hasn't been said, I believe it's been reported that he has to read off of cue cards for his lines in his movies. I’m sure it's probably not true because I read it on the interwebz. /

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (CyFyf)

222 The Golden Scalp Weasel causes localized collapses in alternate reality fields. This can be very disconcerting to some individuals.

e.g. Holy Shit, I'm just an actor. I don't know anything about the real world.

Posted by: DaveA at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (FhXTo)

223 >> In the background you can see red streaks zipping through the camera view. I'm wondering if those are stars, illustrating just how fast the spacecraft is going

No, parallax from the spacecraft's translational motion would be effectively zero, so vanishingly small it would be (parallax from near stars over 6 months is pretty small over 1AU). They are rotating and changing attitude all the time, which would give you a relative motion of the background star field relative to the camera, but it would be slow.

Those are likely reflections of debris , ice particles, and other venting from the spacecraft.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (w6EFb)

224 Bob can choke on a bag of Dicks. Hollywood actors rate below pond scum on my scale.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (UoFpr)

225 Bobby has to look no further than his wonderful Democratic Party. The “Super Delegates” got rid of Bernie Sanders twice, and was there anything worse than installing Kamala, the supposed most qualified woman in human history, who chose not to campaign for fear of questions and . . . Joe Rogan podcast? Fucking retard.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (OTOad)

226 Is the artemis mission slower than last century's moon missions or did it always take many days to get to the moon? I assume they are using an efficient hohmann transfer and all which I remember nothing about from my college days.

I understand it's a ways away and all. I was born in '70 and don't remember any of the early space stuff so I don't have a reference in my mind for how long it would take.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:17 PM (3uBP9)

its more or less the same time, but the distance of the moon from earth is not uniform. I think I heard this one is a bit faster transfer than most old Apollos were. The main issues matching pace with the moon's own motion.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (8avO+)

227 The problem is that it's full of lawyers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (4NO2D)
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"My God, it's full of lawyers!"

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

228 Funny how De Niro's idea of democracy corresponds so neatly with the ayatollahs. Isn't this how Iran's presidents are chosen, by a panel of mullahs?

Posted by: Decaf at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (Tbs6N)

229 >>> DOJ is probably the most important as far as security of the administration, and the most difficult department to clear of out of garbage.
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:13 PM


The problem is that it's full of lawyers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 05:15 PM (4NO2D)


Well, that's not nearly as interesting...

Posted by: Dave Bowman at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (3uBP9)

230 Midget Mafia? Joe Pesce is pretty damn short.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (wBaIH)

231 Speaking of movies, watched 2 episodes of Landman last night. Not politically correct. Hope that continues.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (pDt9x)

232 ---
IMBD has him at 5'9 1/2"
-----

With, or without these shoes?
https://shorturl.at/63xT0

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (XeU6L)

233 I'm just an actor. I don't know anything about the real world.

This is the proper response to someone asking about your politics. "I memorize words other people write and repeat them, why are you asking me about anything??"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (El6/E)

234 always take many days to get to the moon"

Depends. Round trip or not?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (cGjQu)
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Apparently it's supposed to be a 10-day mission, though the first day or so is just flying around the Earth, moving to high-Earth orbit, testing systems, etc., before actually beginning the main leg of their journey away from Earth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (ESVrU)

235 No, parallax from the spacecraft's translational motion would be effectively zero, so vanishingly small it would be (parallax from near stars over 6 months is pretty small over 1AU). They are rotating and changing attitude all the time, which would give you a relative motion of the background star field relative to the camera, but it would be slow.

Those are likely reflections of debris , ice particles, and other venting from the spacecraft.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM (w6EFb)

The largest parallax from Earth orbit is less that one second of arc (360/60/60). A parsec is 3+ light years, Proxima Centaury is 4+ light years.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (8avO+)

236 157 66- Did someone say graft?

graft zeppelin is best graft

Posted by: anachronda at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (oY6Yp)

237 75
O/T but I ask for prayers for my son and DIL who are going through a miscarriage with their first baby. I can do nothing but pray through my tears for this unexpected sadness.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)

Prayers up, Christy! I know this is a tough time for all of you.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (va0Yo)

238 This fucking retard doesn't know?

There's a rigid, uncompromising structure of ruling class institutions specifically designed to filter out any American from having a federal office, elected or appointed.

It's literally the entire purpose of the Acela Class government. It's all it does. NO AMERICANS. It's more exclusive toward us even than Republican Rome was toward Italians.

Trump just fucked it all it up. He slipped through. He was the guy it was all made to stop, and it failed.

De Niro is so dumb he doesn't know he's swimming in it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (BI5O2)

239 Is a 10 day mission like a 3 hour cruise?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (pDt9x)

240 Speaking of movies, watched 2 episodes of Landman last night. Not politically correct. Hope that continues.

I have heard that other than the portrayal of the really messed up women, its pretty based. But Yellowstone was too, until it wasn't, heh.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (El6/E)

241 >>> "My God, it's full of lawyers!"
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)


Well, that's not nearly as interesting...
Posted by: Dave Bowman at April 02, 2026 05:22 PM (3uBP9)


JINX!
(punch)

Posted by: Banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (3uBP9)

242 >> Is the artemis mission slower than last century's moon missions or did it always take many days to get to the moon? I assume they are using an efficient hohmann transfer

This is similar, yet very different to the Apollo mission TLI trajectories. It has to do with the SLS/Orion's delta-v budget. Go to the Artemis tracker here, get the hang of the 3D view controls, and you'll see the trajectory.

Rotate it around to see the orbital plane of the Moon vs the spacecraft and how the free return slingshot changes planes of the spacecraft:

https://is.gd/CKLeJm

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (w6EFb)

243 So who decides who's on the "body of elites," or "council of elders?" That is, who elects them? Is there another council that decides who can run for the council?

Is it councils all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski
.....................................
It's been done.

-Soviet Union
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (1BNwQ)

***

So...a group of elites, lets call them a vanguard, who are party members and from them a smaller, more collectivist group emerges that form a bureau of the political body. This political bureau then selects the leader.
Say....this sounds familiar...

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 05:25 PM (2WIwB)

244 Speaking of movies, watched 2 episodes of Landman last night. Not politically correct. Hope that continues.

I have heard that other than the portrayal of the really messed up women, its pretty based. But Yellowstone was too, until it wasn't, heh.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (El6/E)

It seems a pattern that if a show escapes from the suits and is popular, it rarely escapes them for long.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:25 PM (8avO+)

245 O/T but I ask for prayers for my son and DIL who are going through a miscarriage with their first baby.

So awful, its always heartbreakig. God be with her and her family, and you, Christy. May He give you all peace and comfort and bring you closer to His love.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

246 Democrats have already converted to the De Niro model of selecting a presidential candidate? Kamala did not go through the usual selection by members but was chosen by a secret panel.

Posted by: Decaf at April 02, 2026 05:25 PM (Tbs6N)

247 Landman is pretty based all the way through. I heard the next season will be back more to the oil business part and less of the females and family, but I didn't mind looking at those babes.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 05:26 PM (n5tGW)

248 Is the artemis mission slower than last century's moon missions or did it always take many days to get to the moon?

There had been complaints in the neighborhood, so they're trying to take it easy.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 05:26 PM (BvTxf)

249 Can't say I see a point of flying just around the moon.

We do it every day

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:27 PM (Ia/+0)

250 Kamala did not go through the usual selection by members but was chosen by a secret panel.

I mean, the last time Democrat voters picked their candidate was 2004.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:27 PM (El6/E)

251
Another constraint on the Artemis trajectory that didn't apply to Apollo was Orion is solar powered, while Apollo used fuel cells. They can't let Orion be in the dark for much over an hour or so (I'm sure they've got contingencies, but normal mission profile needs sunlight).

That put a lot more constraints on the timing and trajectories compared to Apollo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:27 PM (w6EFb)

252 more fun..

"The Hezbollah fighter who wore his own burial shroud before battle has been identified as Fadel Abbas Awwal, killed yesterday in southern Lebanon."

He dressed for the occasion!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 05:27 PM (GD0B3)

253 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2026 05:12 PM (z5QST)

I judge the actors in movies whether I can see the movie being just as good with someone else in the role. De Niro has a couple where I can't see someone else in the role. King of Comedy is one.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 05:28 PM (V4IXI)

254 Ask Bernie Sanders how this "body of elites" works.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 05:28 PM (BvTxf)

255 >>> The largest parallax from Earth orbit is less that one second of arc (360/60/60). A parsec is 3+ light years, Proxima Centaury is 4+ light years.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 05:23 PM (8avO+)


In the old Star Trek TOS beginning where the ship is darting around with star parallax, that would be really freaking fast and huge distances. But I guess dey got dem crystals and warp fields and wotnot.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:28 PM (3uBP9)

256 Why would I watch a show about a tycoon, just to see a bunch of dumb broads and their womanly problems? I have more than enough of that IRL.

Note to self: pass on "Landman."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 05:28 PM (BI5O2)

257 TDS is degenerative.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (IifOV)

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Hard to work out what came first, the TDS which leads to their dementia or was it the old age dementia that causes the TDS. That young people also suffer from it is simply a trend in their social circles and they don't want to be different.

Posted by: Decaf at April 02, 2026 05:29 PM (Tbs6N)

258
Just heard something about Artemis communication. This is the first time since Apollo, over 50 years, that the Deep Space Network has carried human voice communication.

That sort of got me right here thinking about it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:29 PM (w6EFb)

259 Star Trek OS was limited to a parsec in the Milky Way. That's kind of mind blowing.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 05:30 PM (V4IXI)

260 Why would I watch a show about a tycoon, just to see a bunch of dumb broads and their womanly problems? I have more than enough of that IRL.

Note to self: pass on "Landman."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Sort of surprised you didn't opt to pass on the tycoon option.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 05:31 PM (glnUu)

261 Trump didn't break them, he just make them reveal their true nature.

Posted by: John M at April 02, 2026 05:32 PM (CzLfO)

262 Can we vote DeNiro off the island?

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at April 02, 2026 05:32 PM (+QijZ)

263 They use a really high-bandwidth laser system and radio.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:33 PM (3uBP9)

264 Star Trek OS was limited to a parsec in the Milky Way

A parsec is 3.2 light years I think. There are no stars in that radius from us.
Ten parsecs will net a nice selection of stars although I don't think any have habitable planets (we'd know).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

265 Hard to work out what came first, the TDS which leads to their dementia or was it the old age dementia that causes the TDS. That young people also suffer from it is simply a trend in their social circles and they don't want to be different.
Posted by: Decaf at April 02, 2026 05:29 PM (Tbs6N)
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I think DeNiro is just left-brain dumb. The only reason he has any say in anything is that he had so much success in the movies that he became a political _donor_. And like a donor thinks he needs to tell people what they owe him for the money. He's shelling out, and Trump's getting elected president and the Republicans (in some form) control both houses, and conservative cases win in the SCOTUS.

That's got to be frustrating.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

266 "But, he was convicted of 34 felonies!"
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This is the crux of the argument about Trump. To the left, this is honest, to the right is it total bullshit.

Fake charges never leveled against anyone else, ie, a completely novel prosecution, in a court so fatally biased that the judge's family was making money off the case while it was ongoing!, and the corrupt prosecutor is herself an actual criminal. The conviction resulted in no actual penalty, and even as a conviction was just a symbol to the left.

Simple justice demands this be overturned. But, a National Exorcism is going to be necessary to get it out of the minds of lefties.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:34 PM (kBqIc)

267 Okay nurse.

On 'The Five' they showed Pritzker out celebrating 'Walking Day.'

That was funny.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

268
223

Those are likely reflections of debris , ice particles, and other venting from the spacecraft.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:20 PM

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If they ejected some whiz into space, the resulting cloud of sparkling ice crystals is reportedly quite a sight.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 05:34 PM (kf4RM)

269 Ask Bernie Sanders how this "body of elites" works.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 05:28 PM (BvTxf)
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"They give me houses."?

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)

270 >> They use a really high-bandwidth laser system and radio.

They are testing that for video feeds and stuff, but the mission critical comms are using the DSN. Critical comms are voice, telemetry/navigation, and system "health" info.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:35 PM (w6EFb)

271 Because I missed the Artemis thread...

>>> Women shouldn't be on long space voyages.
One reason is that the female body doesn't handle being dirty as well as the male body. (Private parts being interior rather than exterior makes cleanliness both more important and more difficult to do.) Also a reason women shouldn't be in the military.Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (N1DT3)

Fine. I will use Ace's Time Machine to go back in time and tell the pioneer women that crossed the plains and the Oregon trail to stay home. And the immigrant women who sailed on boats from Europe to America to stay home. And the Hebrew women that Moses freed to just stay put in Egypt. They don't travel well apparently.

Women can travel just fine. We have been doing it for Thousands of years. Even if we have smaller bladders.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:36 PM (gWBY1)

272 Deniro is not one of the good fellas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2026 05:37 PM (y+Apl)

273 I have heard that other than the portrayal of the really messed up women, its pretty based. But Yellowstone was too, until it wasn't, heh.

The Marshals spinoff is simply awful. I quit it halfway through the second episode.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 02, 2026 05:37 PM (ceJ0R)

274 >> If they ejected some whiz into space

See the ONT last night. They did a piss dump. And they had to upload procedures for the piss dump. While the space toilet was on the fritz, they had to use the CCU, collapsible contingency urinal. And then they had to dump it.

My mind was blown to learn they had to turn some heaters on in the system to warm up the piss before venting. Otherwise it would freeze and clog up the outlet nozzle. So, hot piss dump in space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:37 PM (w6EFb)

275 Can't say I see a point of flying just around the moon.

We do it every day
Posted by: Skip


It's to look at the other side. Duh.

Posted by: the chicken at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (VHUov)

276 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:34 PM (kBqIc)
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Not to mention that they had to play peek-a-boo with the statute of limitations and the jury instructions were like a twisted version of Fred Rogers, "Well what crimes do you think Mr. Trump might be hiding?"

They ignored the standard that every element of the case must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and just went to the Land of Make-believe for the jury.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

277 So they still have coffee cans in USA? In Japan it is all bags. I miss the cans.

Chock Full O' Nuts still comes in cans.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (ufSfZ)

278
So awful, its always heartbreakig. God be with her and her family, and you, Christy. May He give you all peace and comfort and bring you closer to His love.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

......................................
Thank you, Christopher. I'm already a bit better than when I asked upthread. I told son and DIL that faith is made deeper with grief and hardship.

My prayers are that God will, in His timing, give them a future baby from their love. They married in 2024 and were so excited.

I am ok if something is wrong with me...but with our sons I am Mama Bear and can't handle when they are hurting. I can't fix this and nurses fix things.

This was their first and very early, but already much loved by all of us. I'll meet that baby someday in heaven.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 05:39 PM (WONhk)

279 Can rarely define who has been drinking too much, or too little, online.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 05:39 PM (NFX2v)

280 I think I read "Hot Piss Dump In Space" in a review for one of Marilyn Manson's albums

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 05:40 PM (gKWVE)

281
Water released into space boils off until it pulls enough heat out to freeze, then continues to sublimate. This close to the Sun, there's enough light flux to sublimate it all away and quickly.

Now, way out in the outer solar system, some ice would remain and is would cold enough the vapor pressure would get very small.

By heating the outlet tube and nozzle, they keep the liquid stream from freezing before it clears the spacecraft.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 05:40 PM (w6EFb)

282 Star Trek OS was limited to a parsec in the Milky Way. That's kind of mind blowing.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 05:30 PM (V4IXI)
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Well, I can't think of another OS with that much coverage.

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

283 I'm at my parents house and am seeing The Five for the first time. What a bunch of retards.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 05:40 PM (UoFpr)

284 277 So they still have coffee cans in USA? In Japan it is all bags. I miss the cans.

Chock Full O' Nuts still comes in cans.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (ufSfZ)

So does Bustelo. I haven't tried Chock full of nuts, how is it MP4?

Posted by: moki at April 02, 2026 05:40 PM (wLjpr)

285 >>> So they still have coffee cans in USA? In Japan it is all bags. I miss the cans.

Chock Full O' Nuts still comes in cans.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (ufSfZ)


You can get a big 3lb metal can of Kriklands at Costco. That's what I pickup when it's my time in the coffee club at work. Folgers is in plastic cans now but I'm sure those will hold your odd washers and bolts as well as the metal ones.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)

286 I haven't tried Chock full of nuts, how is it MP4?

OK, I suppose. I only keep it in the house for guests. To me, coffee is coffee. I'm a tea drinker.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 02, 2026 05:42 PM (ufSfZ)

287 I have heard that other than the portrayal of the really messed up women, its pretty based. But Yellowstone was too, until it wasn't, heh.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (El6/E)
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His other new show "The Madison" (starring the Madison River, and Michelle Pfeiffer, which are both pretty spectacular) is not terrible. It's about an entitled city family getting in touch with their humanity when essentially forced to live in Montana for a while.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:42 PM (Krt8w)

288 75. O/T but I ask for prayers for my son and DIL who are going through a miscarriage with their first baby. I can do nothing but pray through my tears for this unexpected sadness.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Oh, that's sad. So sorry for their lose and yours, and prayers for all of you.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 05:42 PM (NFX2v)

289 ChristyBlinky, prayers for your family. My mother had 5 miscarriages between my brother and myself.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (+nEug)

290 Nood. More HR drama speculation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

291 I rewatched The Martian recently. It's fun sci-fi, but I started getting ticked off that the character Matt Daaaaamon played turned every act of survival into a "one day people will study and celebrate me, I have to make my mark!" Leaving his signature on the walls of the site or whatever. I realize it's fiction. But it annoyed me.

Maybe it was just good PR, but the astronauts in the 60s seemed to care more about achievement than making a legacy for themselves. Am I wrong? The current astronauts (real ones not fake space tourists) also seem to be in the same frame of mind. Are they secret fame whores and I'm not seeing that?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 05:44 PM (gWBY1)

292 This was their first and very early, but already much loved by all of us. I'll meet that baby someday in heaven.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 05:39 PM (WONhk)

I'm so sorry Christy. Hugs to you and your family. Yes indeed, you will see that baby and hug and love on her for eternity!

Posted by: moki at April 02, 2026 05:45 PM (wLjpr)

293 They ignored the standard that every element of the case must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and just went to the Land of Make-believe for the jury.
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)
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They did everything possible to enable the plaintive wail "but....but....he's a convicted felon!!"

Fake case. Show trial. Corrupt Democrats. Gave Democrats the symbolic conviction they wanted, at the cost of destroying Americans faith in the justice system.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 05:46 PM (Krt8w)

294 Christy, Prayers are sent for your family at this difficult time
.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (yTvNw)

295 I drink coffee black no creamer and chock full is one of my favorite brands for that. People say it's bland but I wouldn't agree.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2026 05:47 PM (3uBP9)

296 289 ChristyBlinky, prayers for your family. My mother had 5 miscarriages between my brother and myself.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 05:43 PM (+nEug)

Thank you. I know it is not unusual or rare early on (9wks).

My husband's reaction was to text our son his sorrow, and that his mother miscarried and then "cranked out five babies." Such a delicate group are the males in my family, when I was a sodden mess (I cry about every 5-7yrs).

Thank you. I have hope for a future baby for them. I knew it was difficult from reading about it, but knowing they hurt made it so much harder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 05:48 PM (WONhk)

297 Thanks for the prayers and kind thoughts, y'all.

I'm doing ok now and they will grieve and hope for the future with a stronger faith. Many friends and family in FL for them who will help, and have personal knowledge of this sadness. It's unchartered for me and all I could offer is prayers and hope.

Life can certainly take a turn fast, which is why we should find joy each day.

Today son was going to tell his brother about this baby after the OB visit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 05:51 PM (WONhk)

298 Hey, who brought the fish?

Posted by: Blind Astrronaut at April 02, 2026 05:54 PM (9CBNQ)

299 ChristyBlinky

Prayers ascending for a full recovery. Then, Practice makes Pregnant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (u82oZ)

300 LizLem

60's test and combat fighter pilot machismo. Then John Glenn added publicity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 05:57 PM (u82oZ)

301 299 ChristyBlinky

Prayers ascending for a full recovery. Then, Practice makes Pregnant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 05:56 PM (u82oZ)

Thank you. Laughing at the advise...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 06:05 PM (WONhk)

302 Always remember that these are the people who thought that Joe Biden was fit to be president then decided that Harris was a better choice.
Their opinions are scoff-worthy.

Posted by: Max Entropy at April 02, 2026 06:57 PM (oxDA9)

303 Deniro has been on heroin for years, guys. He goes on it, then he goes off of it. I'm guessing he's on it again. This was confirmed to me by a friend of his. His brain is FRIED.
This big secret will probably not come out until the loser dies.

Posted by: Tammy at April 02, 2026 06:58 PM (tHEhe)

304 "DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office, including someone who went on to win the popular vote."

So, basically Communist China's "democratic" practices in Hong Kong.

Posted by: JTP at April 02, 2026 07:28 PM (ttA2x)

305 167 I like Casino. I can watch it over and over. But anything more recent with him in it I can't watch. His idiocy has ruined them.
Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 05:08 PM (lCppi)

De Niro was great in Taxi Driver, Godfather II, Ronin, and Cape Fear. Now, all his later work is like he’s mugging for the camera. Maybe it’s the quality of his work, maybe it’s that I know too much about him now.

Posted by: Advo at April 02, 2026 09:00 PM (jO4mz)

The Left Found a Way to -- Get This -- Politicize the Artemis II Launch and Denigrate Space Travel

I guess they agree with Cavernous Nostrils that Space Is Fake and Gay You Guys.

The BBC posted that the space launch was an example of "colonialism" -- before deleting it without admitting it.


More whining by personally and economically useless complaining robot NPCs at Hot Air.

This is neat:


Some silliness.

tabletartemis.jpg


Houston, we have a problem!

Eagle-eyed NASA fans were left stunned after spotting an Artemis II commander entering his tablet PIN in plain sight on the launch livestream.

Viewers wasted no time trying to guess astronaut Reid Wiseman's code after he unlocked his device 19 minutes before Wednesday night's launch.

Wiseman, 50, grabbed his stylus and entered the four-digit code in plain sight, making it impossible for viewers to miss.

"I appreciate you wanting to get people interested in rocket science, but maybe don't broadcast that the PIN to unlock the tablet on the rocket is either 9393 or 3939," one viewer wrote on X.

I smell an overpowering whiff of Aksually.

Here's a little rule that idiots don't know: The more determined you are to broadcast that you are Superior on a free social media platform generally acknowledged to be a sewer for the unemployable, the most certain the rest of us are that the only things you're superior to are jack and squat and Jack left town and Squat died five years ago "with" covid.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:39 PM




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1 Shocking

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:38 PM (N1DT3)

2 But centered

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (N1DT3)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (LdBR/)

4 I gues they agree with Cavernous Nostrils that Space Is Fake and Gay You Guys.

I find your oversight in mentioning the "you know who" disturbing
..

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ycI94)

5 That view from the commercial flight is crazy. I wish I could have been there for that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (N1DT3)

6 Tina Peters conviction thrown out!!?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (4KUe5)

7 Just wait until Trump sends astronauts to land on the moon. He will announce we own the moon and libs everywhere will crap themselves. Along with the Chicoms. Can't wait!

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (sgrzZ)

8 You have no idea how many people that I thought were highly intelligent say that we have never went to the moon or space.

Lost respect for more than a few.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (J8NZO)

9 Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (sgrzZ)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

11 Fair to middlin'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

12 This isn't gonna turn into another toilet thread like the MR, is it?

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (77rzZ)

13
Yes, Crazy Candace is Flat Earth Curious, and has been for some time. Space is fake and gay.

Meanwhile, I tune back into NASA's live mission coverage stream, and what do I hear? More space toilet tech talk. The Orion crapper is a bitch, looks like. It may well be fake and gay.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (w6EFb)

14 I lum'd nood, ya bastages.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

15 That airplane view is really fucking cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

16 I will say again - be honest what is the last big thing (not person) leftard media or politicians were actually correct about, even accidentally.

They have literally made a living being wrong and/or lying about EVERYTHING. It's weird. Then again you can say much the same of the GOP.

Which puts us where.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (kNAyK)

17 Besties with Eric Swalwell evidently BUT, she was doing a great job!!!

He always told me he new the best Chinese to eat out and whenever I asked where he said at home and looked all confused.

Also kept talking about his cool mysterious girlfriend but I never got to meet her.

He was kind of an odd guy

Posted by: Pam Bondi at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

18 Flight nominal. Right down the middle.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (G0vdT)

19 I'm feeling very centered today.

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (1Au9i)

20 Nailed it.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (XuXeR)

21 "broadcast that you are Superior on a free social media platform"

On this platform I proudly declare my mediocrity. Go, Midbrains!

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (N8ZBc)

22 Is there a way we can get the aliens, who like to abduct and probe, to mind scan the intended victim first and only proceed if xer/xim is a lefty?

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (5yDGQ)

23 Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (sgrzZ)

We have some flat earthers at our church. They are rather... odd. I was more shocked that there are real people who believe the earth is flat, rather than who believed it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (N1DT3)

24 I'm stuck in the middle but I do believe you.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (NFX2v)

25 That view from the plane was impressive. Most impressive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (kgE5c)

26
This is one of Flat Earth Theory's leading X.com lights:
https://is.gd/ok7JqM

There are others, but he's my favorite.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (w6EFb)

27 A lot of nominal security bullshit like this makes things less secure...

Making people remember codes and passwords wastes more user time then hacker time at this point.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

28 "I hope we push that one day...it's about human history, humanity, NOT 'black history,' not 'women's history,' but that it becomes human history!"

Only a racist or sexist would say that!

Seriously, the death of Marxism can't come soon enough.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (xQK38)

29 Very cool X video. Why is everything centered now?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (E6xSb)

30 Ok, this is freaking me out...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (XuXeR)

31 Imagine working hard your whole life, studying taking care of your body, learning the science, and getting selected for the astronaut program. Then, imagine doing your best and finally getting into a rocket, walking the gantry and stepping into the capsule, you're going to the moon, one of a tiny number of humanity that has ever done so.

Then imagine that instead of praising you and talking about your skills, considering you an Astronaut, the news focuses on your skin color and genitals.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (El6/E)

32 Upchuck 3 continues to Upchuck.

Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)

Afraid of being struck by lightning I gather.
Posted by: Oldcat

And hoping they'll eat him last.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

33 BTW the entire point of every report is to divide. That's why they don't care what they're saying or if it's right or wrong. That's why everyone keeps scoffing yet they don't change.

They can't have people looking at something as unifying as a space launch and all feeling good about it at the same time. A hopeful unified populace is Enemy #1 to these faggy demons.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (kNAyK)

34 Did they name the rocket after the Wild Wild West guy?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (V4IXI)

35 4 I gues they agree with Cavernous Nostrils that Space Is Fake and Gay You Guys.

I find your oversight in mentioning the "you know who" disturbing
..
Posted by: Candace Owens at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ycI94)

Zip it, Nostrildamus!

Posted by: The Unknown Comic at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (4WD4d)

36 Passengers on a commercial flight captured the launch of Artemis II on camera

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That is awesome!!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (GD0B3)

37 You know who else wanted a base on the dark side of the Moon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

38 15 That airplane view is really fucking cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

It was interesting that (to my eye) it took about 20ish seconds for the rocket to get at the level of the commercial air liner.

Just a reminder of how far it is to escape our atmosphere, and even more to escape our orbit.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (N1DT3)

39 The BBC posted that the space launch was an example of "colonialism" -- before deleting it without admitting it.

___________________________

Hell yes!!!! In fact, when they do their first orbit of the Moon, that colonialist Canadian Astronaut is going to have to make a Land Acknowledgement to the original moon landers (the United States of America) or he gets tossed out the hatch.

In fact, any future moon landings by countries other than the US will require a stipend tribute (there will be a collection dish) as well as a heart felt Land Acknowledgement to the original occupants. Those from India will receive a memo reminding them to pick up their trash. Chinese missions will receive a memo warning them not to steal anything.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (dIske)

40 Oh and a similar case to this - during the WoT some Jihadi hacked a French news station's social media.

And the way he did it was comical. The News station did a "behind the scenes" broadcast where they went through the employee areas.

The guy that ran their social media accounts had a sticky on his PC with the passwords so if you freeze framed it you got the passwords.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

41 35 Ha!

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (N8ZBc)

42 I lum'd nood, ya bastages.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM


I hope you cleaned it up, at least.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (kgE5c)

43 8 You have no idea how many people that I thought were highly intelligent say that we have never went to the moon or space.

Lost respect for more than a few.

......

I'm sure they've recovered from losing your highly coveted respect.

Posted by: You've Never Been at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (FvL0s)

44
Om.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (OHfJt)

45 > Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...

No. They just claim all of those pictures from NASA are fake.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (mkw2N)

46 [ Insert the actor Neil McDonough Cadillac commercial here ]

Why did we leave stuff behind on the moon?
Because we knew we were coming back, that’s why!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (4KUe5)

47 Saw Cavernous Nostrils open for Pussy Riot at the Getty Center in 2011.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (abIsI)

48 If the earth was really flat, on some parts of the slab rocks would not fall down, but at an angle.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (8avO+)

49 Ace gets disappointed when we make asides about a missing or malformed close tag.

Don't disappoint Ace.

CBD will be along at some point to justify things.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)

50 "The Paolo, he launches, how you say, big rockets into deep spaces every night"

-- The Paolo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

51 On this platform I proudly declare my mediocrity. Go, Midbrains!
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (N8ZBc)


Not me. I'm definitely smarter than all of you.

Ok, most of you.

Alight, a few. You know who you are.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (N1DT3)

52 Please God let this mission end safely and successfully. Amen!

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (N8ZBc)

53 Then imagine that instead of praising you and talking about your skills, considering you an Astronaut, the news focuses on your skin color and genitals.
----------------
Imma white but my genitals are quite remarkable.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (n17eQ)

54 Why is everything centered now?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM (E6xSb)


Ace cut the engines. We're in free fall.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)

55 I wish my tee shots were like this.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (rJ48h)

56 Meet me in the middle.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (DgMqy)

57 after 50 years we finally get to go the moon again using the latest in Microsoft technology and Social Media

what could go wrong?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (REq0p)

58 Ok, post-bong hit question of the day....

What EXACTLY is space and how is it expanding?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)

59 Diversity in space is our strength.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)

60 Space is pointless because there aren't any space criminals for me to feed to space panthers. I'll leave that to the suits at NASA.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (BI5O2)

61 >>>The Left Found a Way to -- Get This -- Politicize the Artemis II Launch and Denigrate Space Travel

Stolen land?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (dK+Kv)

62 after 50 years we finally get to go the moon again using the latest in Microsoft technology and Social Media

I see you want to orbit the moon, do you want help with that?

Posted by: Clippy at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)

63 Pam Bondi fired as Attorney General.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (Da7Vv)

64 >>> White supremacy is on the march in outer space.


It is what it is.
Recognize and Accept.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (/lPRQ)

65 I saw Suicidal Superiority Complex open for Throwing Muses at the Black Cat in ‘98.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (4KUe5)

66 Why did we leave stuff behind on the moon?
Because we knew we were coming back, that’s why!
Posted by: Lizzy


We didn't figure on the giant mutant tardigrades, though. They're gonna make things difficult.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (77rzZ)

67 Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...

If the Earth was flat, the cats would have knocked everything of the edge by now. Debunked.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (abIsI)

68 Amazon Women on the Moon > Space Panthers > Jewish Space Lasers

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

69 Ah, the Verge. Pixy's favorite whipping boy of a website. Pixy always has clever things to say about the Verge. You'll be shocked to discover it's mostly negative but amusing. Apparently The Verge is a vast wasteland of despair and communism.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

70 Willowed:

Get a piece of plywood that is larger than the strike zone.

Drill several holes in it, bit enough for a Softball to pass through. Number them / Color them...whatever. Make the kid pitch to those holes until he can thread those needles at will.
Then rotate 90 degrees, rinse and repeat.

Repetition. It builds muscle memory.

Same approach as hitting off a tee.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (TLp3A)

We have a 3x3 pitching target we're using. Painting the corners is what we're working toward.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (dK+Kv)

71 37 You know who else wanted a base on the dark side of the Moon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

Megatron?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (N1DT3)

72 67 Concur.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (N8ZBc)

73 CBD will be along at some point to justify things.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM


ISWYDT

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)

74 Space is pointless because there aren't any space criminals for me to feed to space panthers. I'll leave that to the suits at NASA.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (BI5O2)

The documentary "Cat Women on the Moon" might be instructive as a possible way out.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (8avO+)

75 Curing cancer only allows white supremacists to live longer to oppress minorities .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (V4IXI)

76 56 Meet me in the middle.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (DgMqy)

I'm Stuck In The Middle with you. And you. And you.

Posted by: The Unknown Comic at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (4WD4d)

77 The audio on Victor Glover's comments didn't work for me.

Posted by: Sam Adams at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (X+xvk)

78 >> If the earth was really flat, on some parts of the slab rocks would not fall down, but at an angle.

You assume they actually believe in physics. They don't. They don't believe in gravity. I'm serious. Gravity is fake and gay as well. You may ask, well what the hell pulls them down to the ground. You can just read their answers for that. IT's "density", you see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

79 Wait until the astronauts find Bigfoot foot prints on the moon!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (isQma)

80 37 You know who else wanted a base on the dark side of the Moon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

Megatron?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM (N1DT3)

Pink Floyd

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (8avO+)

81
White male BBC reporter complains we have too many white males on the job.

It's amazing how these white male liberal social critics never quit their own jobs to make room for WOCs. Dude, T'shawnette McKee wants a job and she can twerk like a worm on a hot pan. Step aside!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (n7rxJ)

82 I saw Suicidal Superiority Complex open for Throwing Muses at the Black Cat in ‘98.

----

Where is the Black Cat? I have ideas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (BI5O2)

83 Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...
Posted by: Diabeetus
.......

It's a disk. Duh.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

84 Here's a little rule that idiots don't know: The more determined you are to broadcast that you are Superior on a free social media platform generally acknowledged to be a sewer for the unemployable

*****************

Behold the midwit

they are the worst people on earth, just smart enough to convince you they are smart (and hence why they are almost always the ones promoted over the people that are actually competent) but stupid enough to F up the world straight into Idiocracy

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (REq0p)

85 63 Pam Bondi fired as Attorney General.

Alternate Headline: President fires empty pantsuit

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)

86
Centered!

Just like a space turd in a space bowl!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (xG4kz)

87 You have no idea how many people that I thought were highly intelligent say that we have never went to the moon or space.

Lost respect for more than a few.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (J8NZO)

I have learned to grudgingly respect people who have long said they don't trust our government or institutions.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (kNAyK)

88 Yet, they cheered when, 'On April 14, Blue Origin successfully completed its eleventh human spaceflight and the 31st flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez. Including today’s crew, New Shepard has now flown 58 people into space.'

Geewhiz. Blue Origin’s flights (e.g., NS-31 in April 2025) are suborbital tourism aimed at offering a "groundbreaking" experience for passengers.

Conversely, Artemis II is a complex, 10-day deep-space mission intended to send humans around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (NFX2v)

89 "Colonialism".

LOL!

Then again, I recall one of these retards jabbering about the "fragile lunar ecology" some years back.

Posted by: Hard aground on Bligh Reef at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (IG3/x)

90 Metatron > Megatron > Lord Zedd

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

91 >> If the earth was really flat, on some parts of the slab rocks would not fall down, but at an angle.

You assume they actually believe in physics. They don't. They don't believe in gravity. I'm serious. Gravity is fake and gay as well. You may ask, well what the hell pulls them down to the ground. You can just read their answers for that. IT's "density", you see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

pretty dumb of them to be aping science while denying it. Better to just have little angels doing the work.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (8avO+)

92 NASA needs more trannies in space.

Haters

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (Sco7b)

93
after 50 years we finally get to go the moon again using the latest in Microsoft technology and Social Media

I see you want to orbit the moon, do you want help with that?
Posted by: Clippy

===============

lol

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (n7rxJ)

94 63 Pam Bondi fired as Attorney General.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (Da7Vv)

This needs to be a running joke.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (N1DT3)

95 Curing cancer only allows white supremacists to live longer to oppress minorities .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:49 PM


They keep minorities alive so their oppression never ends.

It's insidious.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)

96 The Black Cat is in DC, owned by Dave Grohl.
Has an adjacent smaller venue called the Red Room (missed opportunity on my post above - d’oh!!)

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (4KUe5)

97 The Blue Origin flight was odd.

The video they released of Bezos opening the pod clearly happened AFTER they actually opened the pod for the first time

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

98 Iron Sky (2012)---The plot follows Nazis who escape to the dark side of the moon in 1945 to build a secret space fortress, eventually launching an invasion of Earth in 2018.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (dIske)

99
PIG....IN....SPACE!!!!!

-Muppet show

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (IifOV)

100 You have no idea how many people that I thought were highly intelligent say that we have never went to the moon or space.

Lost respect for more than a few.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (J8NZO)

I have learned to grudgingly respect people who have long said they don't trust our government or institutions.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM (kNAyK)

Intelligence and sense are often widely divergent.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (8avO+)

101 > IT's "density", you see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

Density of the type found in their skulls.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

102 We chose to have our posts centered not because its easy but because its hard....and we're idiots.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (G0vdT)

103 I don't want an Attorney General. I was an Attorney Specific.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (kNAyK)

104 Pam Bondi fired as Attorney General.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (Da7Vv)

This needs to be a running joke.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (N1DT3)

Francisco Franco is still dead.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (V4IXI)

105 I saw Suicidal Superiority Complex open for Throwing Muses at the Black Cat in ‘98.

----

Where is the Black Cat? I have ideas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General


And why on Earth would you throw muses at it?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (OUMaO)

106
I hope you cleaned it up, at least.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (kgE5c)



Always leave it cleaner than I found it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

107
Then they have solved the Artemis Gordonian knot of the malfunctioning Space Loo, yes?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (xG4kz)

108 55 I wish my tee shots were like this.
Posted by: mr tmz



If I manage to hit a shot down the middle, that either means it was barely off the ground. A really long putt with a driver basically, or I hit a very good drive down the middle, and the second shot will find some hazard, somewhere, because golf hates me. I continue to play though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

109 Microsoft's progression:

Then: Clippy GO AWAY I DON'T WANT YOU

Now: Copilot GO AWAY I DON'T WANT YOU

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

110
Blue Origin is trying to get in on the Moon lander action. I'm pulling for them as well as Elon. The more the merrier to get in on lander designs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (w6EFb)

111 Conversely, Artemis II is a complex, 10-day deep-space mission intended to send humans around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM


With a considerably higher chance of death, both sudden and horribly lingering.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (4NO2D)

112 > 103 I don't want an Attorney General. I was an Attorney Specific.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (kNAyK)

Either that, or redefine the job to be the head of an elite corps of public executioners.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (IG3/x)

113 I always thought it would be funny if we could find a way to imprint a huge 'bomb Mohammad' image on the moon to mock the muslims.

If they don't like it, let them go there themselves and fix it.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

114 Always leave it cleaner than I found it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM


*nods*

As is the Army way.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (Wnv9h)

115
Is the restroom on Artemis II a gender neutral one?

-MSM

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (IifOV)

116 PIG....IN....SPACE!!!!!

-Muppet show
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 03:52 PM (IifOV)

***

*looks around and overhead*

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

117 With a considerably higher chance of death, both sudden and horribly lingering.

Da

Posted by: Many a cosmonaut at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

118 Conversely, Artemis II is a complex, 10-day deep-space mission intended to send humans around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:51 PM

With a considerably higher chance of death, both sudden and horribly lingering.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (4NO2D)

I dunno, when all those women showed up in the SAME OUTFIT....lives hung by a thread.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (8avO+)

119 You don’t need a muse if you’re already brilliant?
Just throw it away!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (4KUe5)

120 Trump made the left stop being gooners and wanking themselves furiously to space and "the science!" What can't he do?

The left doesn't realize that they had the most diverse female space cadets in space, EVAR, and everyone laughs at them. Because the DEI chosen women were doing an incompetent vanity trip. But it helped Katy Perry snag Castreau so she's happy.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (gWBY1)

121 Glover must be another one of those black white supremacists.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (YwEeS)

122 Interpretation: Like Debbie Jellinsky “(We) I want you dead and (we) I want your money!”

For diplomacy!!!!

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:55 PM (NFX2v)

123 It's the Monie in the middle.


https://youtu.be/MwOzqLYM6S8

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

124 Rick from The Young Ones works for Sky News (and lost his hair) apparently

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

125 We already launched MG Charles Bolden in 1980. He

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (LHPAg)

126 I heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

She must of broke it breaking it in.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (G0vdT)

127 103 I don't want an Attorney General. I was an Attorney Specific.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (kNAyK)

Either that, or redefine the job to be the head of an elite corps of public executioners.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (IG3/x)

or an attorney sergeant since they get all the actual work done.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (8avO+)

128 talking

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (G0vdT)

129 I love the Artemis crew

LOVE!!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

130 Todd Blanch is acting AG.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (Da7Vv)

131 You have no idea how many people that I thought were highly intelligent say that we have never went to the moon or space.

Lost respect for more than a few.
Posted by: rickb223


You're asking them to trust Intelligence, the military, Hollywood, the government, and the media. How will you make your case?

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (xQK38)

132 > With a considerably higher chance of death, both sudden and horribly lingering.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (4NO2D)


You guys have seen the alternate speech that Nixon had prepped for the event the Apollo astronauts didn't make it back, right?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (IG3/x)

133 Oh, the insanity we're going to see on July 4th this year.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (XvL8K)

134 He just Left us here.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (DgMqy)

135 Todd Blanch is acting AG.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM


He was XO before, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (4NO2D)

136 I always thought it would be funny if we could find a way to imprint a huge 'bomb Mohammad' image on the moon to mock the muslims.

If they don't like it, let them go there themselves and fix it.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

Chairface Chippendale has the technology....

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (8avO+)

137 Just wanted to point out that I nodded first. Like a gentleman.

Sponge nooded last, as is the natural order for his kind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (zZu0s)

138 PIG....IN....SPACE!!!!!

-Muppet showPIG....IN....SPACE!!!!!

-Muppet show


JEWS...IN...SPACE!!!!
--Mel Brooks

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (El6/E)

139
Glover must be another one of those black white supremacists.
Posted by: steevy

===============

I wouldn't have even given the reporter that much. I would refuse all questions about being "the first African American" or "the only African American" anything. Just refuse the question.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (n7rxJ)

140 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:54 PM (Wnv9h)

Hey, RMBS. If you have a chance to talk to Mr. Poppins, please tell him that Sarah Hoyt was promoting one of his Theda Bara mysteries on Instapundit. I mentioned it in a post this morning, but I don't think he was here to see it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)

141
Marco suited up with a plunger in hand to fix the Space Toilet is hilarious.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (xG4kz)

142 It's a disk. Duh.
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM


*facepalm*

Posted by: Zombie Terry Pratchett at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (Wnv9h)

143 Density of the type found in their skulls.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)
----------
Makes osmium seem like balsa wood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (OHfJt)

144 You're asking them to trust Intelligence, the military, Hollywood, the government, and the media. How will you make your case?
Posted by: t-bird


We weren't this corrupt in '69.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (J8NZO)

145 I heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

She must of broke it breaking it in.
Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (G0vdT)

You're shitting me. I said that as a joke last night.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (zZu0s)

146 I wish my tee shots were like this.
Posted by: mr tmz


If I manage to hit a shot down the middle, that either means it was barely off the ground. A really long putt with a driver basically, or I hit a very good drive down the middle, and the second shot will find some hazard, somewhere, because golf hates me. I continue to play though.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)


I'm the guy who completely misses a wide open fairway and then is convinced that I can funnel my next shot between two huge trees.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (2WIwB)

147 I wouldn't have even given the reporter that much. I would refuse all questions about being "the first African American" or "the only African American" anything. Just refuse the question.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (n7rxJ)

just congratulate the reporter for being the first mentally retarded beat reporter on the Space program.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (8avO+)

148 Marco suited up with a plunger in hand to fix the Space Toilet is hilarious.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 03:58 PM (xG4kz)

142 It's a disk. Duh.
---------

Heh, yeah I saw that. awesome.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (G0vdT)

149 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (n7rxJ)

He should have deadpanned and said he identifies as Asian.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (V4IXI)

150 Hey, RMBS. If you have a chance to talk to Mr. Poppins, please tell him that Sarah Hoyt was promoting one of his Theda Bara mysteries on Instapundit. I mentioned it in a post this morning, but I don't think he was here to see it.
Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM


He saw that. He was most pleased.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (Wnv9h)

151
If I manage to hit a shot down the middle, that either means it was barely off the ground. A really long putt with a driver basically, or I hit a very good drive down the middle, and the second shot will find some hazard, somewhere, because golf hates me. I continue to play though.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)




There's a reason golf is a 4 letter word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

152 Tina Peters conviction thrown out!!?
No, remanded for re-sentencing.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 04:00 PM (XMwZJ)

153 As a Lunatic, I demand reparations for my people's stolen homeland. I will also accept sole rights to any and all Casino gambling on the Moon.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 02, 2026 04:00 PM (w/O5Q)

154 Putting a base on the moon is colonialism? Just wait until we start handing out blankets to the natives.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 04:01 PM (Dv3i1)

155 He saw that. He was most pleased.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Good. Glad it cheered him up.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 04:01 PM (77rzZ)

156 There's a reason golf is a 4 letter word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM


Yeah...I'll stick with shooting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 04:01 PM (Wnv9h)

157 >>> Francisco Franco is still dead.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (V4IXI)

Cesar Chavez is still canceled.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 04:01 PM (gWBY1)

158 152 Tina Peters conviction thrown out!!?
No, remanded for re-sentencing.
___

The original 9 years will be reduced to 18 years.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (Dv3i1)

159 🌒🚀🧑‍🚀

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (NpAcC)

160
Then they have solved the Artemis Gordonian knot of the malfunctioning Space Loo, yes?


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ARTEMIS GORDON WAS THE JACK OF ALL TRADES PARTNER OF JAMES WEST IN "THE WILD, WILD WEST" AND THE GORDEAN KNOT WAS A TOUGH PROBLEM IN ANTIQUITY THAT ALEXANDER THE GREAT UNDID WITH A SINGLE SWIPE OF HIS SWORD.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (xG4kz)

161

You guys have seen the alternate speech that Nixon had prepped for the event the Apollo astronauts didn't make it back, right?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (IG3/x)




https://tinyurl.com/3t6peb76

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (IG3/x)

162 heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

She must of broke it breaking it in.
Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:56 PM (G0vdT)

You're shitting me. I said that as a joke last night.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone


Every woman I had ever lived with jammed up the toilet and then pretended to have nothing to do with it.

I assume guys jam them up on occasion, but take responsibility to fix it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (/lPRQ)

163 Moon landings are a proven fact.

There is a whole documentary series chronicling one of the astronauts after his return from orbit, it's quite good. Fascinating, really.

He actually found a genie bottle with a live genie in it shortly after splashdown!

Posted by: Totes Real at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (FvL0s)

164 >>the news focuses on your skin color and genitals.

They're always after me Lucky Charms.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (viF8m)

165 Alternate Headline: President fires empty pantsuit

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (abIsI)

I haven't really followed her much. With the massive clusterfuck this country has become was she really doing that bad trying to untangle it all, or is it the entrenched ticks in the DOJ screwing it all up, AND did she have the power to clean house and didn't? I'm just curious if she was doing all she could, or not doing enough where it mattered.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (snZF9)

166
Rachel Corrie is still pancaked.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (xG4kz)

167 .
A) What do we need on the Moon?
.
B) The solid rocket boosters spew out atomized oxidized aluminum.

Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (kt8QE)

168 FWP, I was going to fire an employee today that is a relative on my inlaw side, for being an ass to my wife and not doing his job. And then he quit! Literally you can't fire me I already quit!

Saves me paying any severance. But now I have to see how bad the vibes are going to be amongst the family.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

169 JEWS...IN...SPACE!!!!
--Mel Brooks
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:57 PM (El6/E)

I love that he used the same music for Men In Tights

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

170 5 That view from the commercial flight is crazy. I wish I could have been there for that.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (N1DT3)

It's really fun to see it from that viewpoint!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (fNISR)

171 Rachel Corrie is still pancaked.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (xG4kz)



And Michelle Fields is still monoarm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)

172 Putting a base on the moon is colonialism? Just wait until we start handing out blankets to the natives.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 04:01 PM (Dv3i1)
******
We were the first indigenous people. It is ours! 🇺🇸

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (NpAcC)

173 The character on WWW was Artemus Gordon.

Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon, as her brother Apollo was the god of the sun.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

174 Moon landings are a proven fact.

There is a whole documentary series chronicling one of the astronauts after his return from orbit, it's quite good. Fascinating, really.

He actually found a genie bottle with a live genie in it shortly after splashdown!
Posted by: Totes Real at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (FvL0s)

I don't think that was a moon mission...only one crewman, right?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (8avO+)

175 Never hire relatives that aren't your children.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (4NO2D)

176 Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

Or unemployment. He doesn't sound too bright.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (V4IXI)

177
Saves me paying any severance. But now I have to see how bad the vibes are going to be amongst the family.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)



Just bring receipts.

"Here. He left me no choice."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (Zz0t1)

178 133 Oh, the insanity we're going to see on July 4th this year.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Unfathomable. 'Cause every year between mid-June and including July 4th is already bizarre around Philly.
---
Called the "Block Party Bonanza," the new initiative will bring, what officials called "Life, Liberty, and Happiness celebration kits" to help neighbors present block parties in their communities for America's birthday celebrations.

The kits will be filled with "decorations, games, activities, and supplies to spark celebration and civic pride," officials said. (Plus a $250 gift card!)

"I love this. I don't think there's anything more symbolic of the sense of strength, unity, resilience, pride, and quite frankly, what I often reference as 'Philly swag,'" Parker said during the morning event. "When you come to a Philadelphia block party, no matter where you go, whatever the neighborhood is, their food is cooking, the music that is indigenous to that community is playing and the mayor, because I know how to cut a rug, is dancing wherever I am! And that is the best that Philadelphia has to offer."

When have you ever seen, "... the music that is indigenous to that community."

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v)

179 ina Peters conviction thrown out!!?
No, remanded for re-sentencing.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent


Four consecutive life sentences.
No credit for time served.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (/lPRQ)

180 15 That airplane view is really fucking cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

Like, we're moving horizontally and it's going UP!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (fNISR)

181 Kinoblade Chronicles X @kinocopter
Elijah Schaffer made his big return to streaming tonight to less than 100 viewers after his wife left him and his affair with Sarah Stock was exposed.
He rented a poverty apartment and hired a bunch of gay twinks to build a new studio out of it and the ROI is coming in nicely!
Apr 2, 2026 · 5:34 AM UTC


... I'm not linking to this shit, but I'll note that Schaffer (who is totes str8 yall) has dyed his hair blond(e).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (gKWVE)

182 JEWS...IN...SPACE!!!!
--Mel Brooks
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


May the Schwartz be with you.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (J8NZO)

183 Can we haz a happy fun thread.

Pretty please?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (A5RD0)

184 He doesn't sound too bright.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM


He's the poster child for the Dunning–Kruger effect.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (4NO2D)

185
just congratulate the reporter for being the first mentally retarded beat reporter on the Space program.
Posted by: Oldcat

==============

It might have been the beat reporter on Race. Exactly the type of role that WaPo eliminated in that big wave of layoffs.

"I'm Rahlinda McKee-Evers and I report on the intersection of gender, science, and raciality. Keep up with me to find out how the Artemis mission is pushing two marginalized minorities to the front while quietly building an army of mostly white males."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 04:06 PM (n7rxJ)

186 publius, is that Flat Out Truth account real or a spoof?

Hard to tell.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)

187
Can we haz a happy fun thread.

Pretty please?
Posted by: nurse ratched

=============

No! I'm too buzzed on this outrage.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 04:07 PM (n7rxJ)

188 What do we need on the Moon?
.
B) The solid rocket boosters spew out atomized oxidized aluminum.
Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (kt8QE)

Moon Diamonds, to cut out the South African monopoly.

This was a feature in a little known sequel to War of the Worlds where Thomas Edison builds a fleet of space ships to invade Mars and has a stop off on the moon where huge amounts of gems are found. They go to Mars and bust the levees on the canals and drown them all. Good fun.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:07 PM (8avO+)

189 Then they have solved the Artemis Gordonian knot of the malfunctioning Space Loo, yes?
......

NASA told them to keep the lid shut to keep the floaters in.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:07 PM (UjdFS)

190 Putting a base on the moon is colonialism? Just wait until we start handing out blankets to the natives.

People on X are already pointing out that by the left's rules, the aboriginal peoples of the Moon are Americans. So if anyone does a stolen land declaration about the Moon it must involve our national anthem and eagles and grilling.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 04:08 PM (4XgaH)

191 Saves me paying any severance. But now I have to see how bad the vibes are going to be amongst the family.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

“Y’all, work is work, home is home. Pass the salt?”

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:08 PM (OoFl2)

192 The Moon is supposed to be hollow. Every time a larger meteorite hits it, it rings for days. Ssshhh. Don't let Tucker know.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (abIsI)

193 He didn't like us telling him what to do all the time.

We are his employers. I think it comes with the territory.

SMH

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (4NO2D)

194 I don't think that was a moon mission...only one crewman, right?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:04 PM (8avO+)


In the original pilot Major Nelson was forced to eat the rest of the flight crew.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

195
"I'm Rahlinda McKee-Evers and I report on the intersection of gender, science, and raciality. Keep up with me to find out how the Artemis mission is pushing two marginalized minorities to the front while quietly building an army of mostly white males."


Do those guys know anything 'bout birfin' babies?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (xG4kz)

196 Every woman I had ever lived with jammed up the toilet and then pretended to have nothing to do with it.

I assume guys jam them up on occasion, but take responsibility to fix it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:02 PM (/lPRQ)

My brother is a contractor. He got called once because a woman with a multi million dollar house had a friend of her's stay over and brought her stupid daughter. The stupid daughter overflows the toilet and it kept running onto the floor in an upstairs bathroom. Doesn't tell anybody, and goes to bed with it still flooding over. I don't even have to finish the story, other than say a ton of nice shit got trashed in the floor below.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (snZF9)

197 publius, is that Flat Out Truth account real or a spoof?

Hard to tell.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)

Flat Earthers are hard (impossible?) to parody because they ALREADY believe things that are impossible and don't make sense.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (N1DT3)

198 commander to Koch: What you do!

Koch: Nothing, I stirred the tanks and oh yeah, broke the toilet.

Commander: Houston, we have a #2 problem.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (G0vdT)

199 an we haz a happy fun thread.

Pretty please?
Posted by: nurse ratched

=============

No! I'm too buzzed on this outrage.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

====

Yeah, Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

200 > In the original pilot Major Nelson was forced to eat the rest of the flight crew.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

In the alternate version, they were killed by talking apes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (IG3/x)

201 47 Saw Cavernous Nostrils open for Pussy Riot at the Getty Center in 2011.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (abIsI)

Why would you do that?

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (fNISR)

202 152 Tina Peters conviction thrown out!!?
No, remanded for re-sentencing.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 04:00 PM (XMwZJ)
____________________

I thought she got a Clemency Pardon from Trump. Is the Court ignoring that?

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (dIske)

203 "Join the Flat Earth Society. We have members from around the globe!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (IG3/x)

204 I heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

Would you pull over at the next exit? You know I have a bladder the size of a peanut!

Posted by: Every Woman on a Road Trip at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (s2+1z)

205 Yeah, Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM


WHO'S BEEN EATING ASPARIGUS??

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:11 PM (4NO2D)

206 189 Then they have solved the Artemis Gordonian knot of the malfunctioning Space Loo, yes?
......

Yes, and the painting hanging above it is beautiful.
CBD would be proud.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 04:11 PM (Sco7b)

207 NASA told them to keep the lid shut to keep the floaters in.
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:07 PM (UjdFS)
------------

In space, aren't they all floaters?

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 04:11 PM (G0vdT)

208 >> publius, is that Flat Out Truth account real or a spoof?

That loon is a True Believer as far as I can tell. I know you can't believe anybody could believe this stuff when you first see it, and it has to be some sort of parody, mockery or something, but this is real. They really believe this stuff.

There are many other similar accounts (they all sort of parrot each other's stuff all the time).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:11 PM (w6EFb)

209 In case anyone failed to mention this:

Apollo 11's launch drew protestors who said the money could be better spent helping the poor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (v6FCS)

210 Yeah, Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

In space, no one can hear you drop a Cleveland steamer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (dK+Kv)

211 The Moon is supposed to be hollow. Every time a larger meteorite hits it, it rings for days. Ssshhh. Don't let Tucker know.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (abIsI)

There is a pretty decent SF series where the moon is an ancient battlestation whose crew mutinied and populated Earth. Some of the mutineers still have some old tech in Antarctica base.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (8avO+)

212 204 I heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

Would you pull over at the next exit? You know I have a bladder the size of a peanut!
Posted by: Every Woman on a Road Trip

You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (OoFl2)

213 Who ate all the corn rations?!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:13 PM (DgMqy)

214 What do we need on the Moon?
.
B) The solid rocket boosters spew out atomized oxidized aluminum.
Posted by: Marooned


Moon base for jumping off to Mars. Supposedly.

But since we've never went to the moon, we should shut NASA down and just give the money to Minnesota somalians.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:13 PM (J8NZO)

215
What do we need on the Moon?

================

Whatever it is the Chinese want more.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 04:13 PM (n7rxJ)

216 186 publius, is that Flat Out Truth account real or a spoof?

Hard to tell.
Posted by: ace

-------------

Either way, it's glorious.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (MHAh2)

217 I love that kid at the bottom of the hot air link

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (n5tGW)

218 publius, is that Flat Out Truth account real or a spoof?

Hard to tell.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 04:06 PM (1wjle)

Flat Earthers are hard (impossible?) to parody because they ALREADY believe things that are impossible and don't make sense.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (N1DT3)

Not sure how they reconcile that plenty of folks have sailed/flown around the world going in one direction and arrived home.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)

219 Would you pull over at the next exit? You know I have a bladder the size of a peanut!

Its not really fair, guys have a whole system of muscle control and longer passage to hold back; we're designed for long distance without interruptions. And signing our name in the snow

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (El6/E)

220
They go to Mars and bust the levees on the canals and drown them all. Good fun.
Posted by: Oldcat


Did Old Tom bring along an elephant to Mars and then electrocute it there with AC current, too? Because that's just how big a dick move that he pulled down here.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (xG4kz)

221 or an attorney sergeant since they get all the actual work done.
Posted by: Oldcat

Heh. Voice of experience, I see

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (q6tQZ)

222 You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (OoFl2)

Is the astronaut a mom?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (8avO+)

223 Oldcat

David Weber - Mutineer's Moon

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (v6FCS)

224 Can we haz a happy fun thread.

Pretty please?
Posted by: nurse ratched
......

What could be more happy and fun than explosive diarrhea in space?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

225 I heard this morning that the female was taking to Houston, trying to move up the time slot for "bio break". She really had to go.

Would you pull over at the next exit? You know I have a bladder the size of a peanut!
Posted by: Every Woman on a Road Trip at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (s2+1z)

Women shouldn't be on long space voyages.

One reason is that the female body doesn't handle being dirty as well as the male body. (Private parts being interior rather than exterior makes cleanliness both more important and more difficult to do.) Also a reason women shouldn't be in the military.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (N1DT3)

226 You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊

Posted by: Piper


I don't know nuttin' 'bout birthin' no babies!

Posted by: Butterfly Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (Riz8t)

227 or an attorney sergeant since they get all the actual work done.
Posted by: Oldcat

Heh. Voice of experience, I see
Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM (q6tQZ)

no stolen valor, but I have good sources.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (8avO+)

228 Guys are mostly watertight.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (4NO2D)

229 Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.

definitely prison rules in the space toilet. Everyone sits down for everything, wipe up afterward and make sure its all clean. Can't use the "only crap in the shower room toilets" rule though

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (El6/E)

230 Hey , all you wannabee Moon occupiers : the Sierra Club, Moon Chapter , would like to have word with you. …..

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (cAnXG)

231 the only things you're superior to are jack and squat and Jack left town and Squat died five years ago "with" covid.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

But Ace, last week you said Squat went to go live on a farm down the road, and is living his best life.

*Cries*

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (+DSUk)

232
Why are we taking an iceback along on this trip?

If that person wanted to go, they could simply have squeezed into one of the cargo bays or wheel wells.

Know your place!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (xG4kz)

233 Not sure how they reconcile that plenty of folks have sailed/flown around the world going in one direction and arrived home.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)

"It's like flying around the outside of a pizza."

No, really.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (N1DT3)

234 >> Not sure how they reconcile that plenty of folks have sailed/flown around the world going in one direction and arrived home.

They believe the earth is a circular disc enclosed by "the firmament". Antarctica is big "Ice Wall" surrounding the disc. Their map of earth is this azimuthal equidistant projection that centers on the north pole and maps the south pole to a big circle.

They claim that is the real shape of the earth. A pie surrounded by an Ice Wall enclosed by a big old firmament dome.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (w6EFb)

235 101 > IT's "density", you see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

Density of the type found in their skulls.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

; )

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (fNISR)

236 When will Elon Musk build a house on the Moon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (v6FCS)

237 Wait until the astronauts find Bigfoot foot prints on the moon!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (isQma)

For future landings on the moon, that would be a great April Fool's joke.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (g8Ew8)

238 222 You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (OoFl2)

Is the astronaut a mom?
Posted by: Oldcat


On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

239 Who ate all the corn rations?!

The poor cook. He caught the fits. And threw away all my grits
And then he took, and he ate up all of my corn.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

240
the female body doesn't handle being dirty as well as the male body. (Private parts being interior rather than exterior makes cleanliness both more important and more difficult to do.) Also a reason women shouldn't be in the military.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

===============

You got any data for that? Because interior female private parts are self-cleansing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (n7rxJ)

241 My pin code is 6969.

Dr.Jill have it to me. Mom! I went boom boom on the rug again.

23 skiddoo!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Astronaut in his own mind at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (5itIU)

242 The simplest proof against flat earth that normies can understand is flight times. Take a flat earth map and measure how far it is from Australia to England or Hawaii to Boston and check how long the airlines advertise the flight is.

With a round earth, the plane flies a reasonable 450mph or so. With a flat earth, suddenly they have to fly a LOT faster to make the distance in time. Flat earthers have no reasonable answer for it.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (mkw2N)

243 Just saw a Rubio as the AG meme...that makes the happy brain chemicals release.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (M7rua)

244 Tina Peters conviction thrown out!!?
No, remanded for re-sentencing.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 04:00 PM (XMwZJ)
____________________

I thought she got a Clemency Pardon from Trump. Is the Court ignoring that?
Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 04:10 PM (dIske)

***

Trump's pardon was symbolic. She was convicted in State court on State charges. Don't be shocked if they stick her back in back in prison. The dems on Colorado make any mafia family look like wimps.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 04:19 PM (2WIwB)

245 I've never seen a flat-earthers 3-D model of erf.

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 04:19 PM (q6tQZ)

246 On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

And provide a manager to speak to.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:19 PM (dK+Kv)

247
Also kept talking about his cool mysterious girlfriend but I never got to meet her.

Posted by: Pam Bondi at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)



She lives in Canada, you wouldn't know her.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 04:19 PM (y9nCu)

248 IT's "density", you see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

Density of the type found in their skulls.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

"I am your density!"
-- George McFly

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

249 Genius squawking about the tablet PIN, go get the tablet.

You can't, can you? Then shut up you Space Ball.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (v6FCS)

250 Not sure how they reconcile that plenty of folks have sailed/flown around the world going in one direction and arrived home.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)

"It's like flying around the outside of a pizza."

No, really.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 04:17 PM (N1DT3)

Does the compass read "East" the whole way around a pizza?

There are plenty of simple ways to demonstrate a round earth known in ancient times.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)

251 222 You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (OoFl2)

Is the astronaut a mom?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:15 PM

I don’t know, it was more the road trip comment.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (p4NUW)

252 Women shouldn't be on long space voyages.

But they'll have to be anyway, if we want permanent offworld colonies. Unless your plan is for the moon to be a gay spa for rich San Franciscans

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (gKWVE)

253 People always praise old 'Star Trek' for being inclusive and blacks could finally see themselves in a good light.

HOWEVER, perhaps having the Klingons and even the Romulans being a little, swarthy, subconsciously broke their brain.

Man, I have to lay off MS Now....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (Sco7b)

254 I haven't really followed her much. With the massive clusterfuck this country has become was she really doing that bad trying to untangle it all, or is it the entrenched ticks in the DOJ screwing it all up, AND did she have the power to clean house and didn't? I'm just curious if she was doing all she could, or not doing enough where it mattered.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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The timing comes down to apparently Bondi gave a heads up to Swallwell about the pending FBI release of their investigation of him and Fang Fang so he can contest it. And this is allegedly.

My guess is that post Iran, Trump wants a new team in place before heading into the midterms and AFAIK, Zeldin or perhaps Pirro may get the tap.

Sort of like Walz and Signalgate, Trump engineered a soft landing apparently for Bondi in the private sector.

And fwiw, the average tenure in a Cabinet office is less than 2 years (something like 18 months or so).

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)

255 I am convinced that 99% of "Flat Earthers" are just trolling

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (El6/E)

256 Because interior female private parts are self-cleansing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (n7rxJ)

A strong wind proves . . . that is a lie.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:21 PM (dK+Kv)

257 On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

And provide a manager to speak to.


Parallel parking is right out!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)

258 ...quietly building an army of mostly white males."
___

You know who else did this?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Dv3i1)

259 Eyes full of sorrow
Never wet
Hands full of money
All in debt
Sun coming out in
The middle of June
Everyone's gone to the moon

Posted by: Jonathan King at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (5itIU)

260 222 You birth babies and get back to me on the state of your insides. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 04:12 PM (OoFl2)

Is the astronaut a mom?
Posted by: Oldcat

On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

I'd give Piper a pass for her service but I also had three sisters that at the time had no excuse for making us pull over on vacations.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (8avO+)

261 The poor cook. He caught the fits. And threw away all my grits
And then he took, and he ate up all of my corn.
--------------
Sloop John B?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (n17eQ)

262 This is about making launch newsworthy. Common folk don't care about space travel.anymore.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (wBaIH)

263
Also of some amusement was the Flat Earth "Final Experiment". Somebody offered to fly some of these guys to Antarctica to see the 24 hour sun. They had agreed that would be impossible on their flat earth disc map.

Some chickened out, but some did go. They got down there (after all this crazy DIY compass and bearing stuff to prove to themselves they were really going South), and lo and behold saw the midnight sun in Antarctica.

Some of them admitted, well hell, it's true. The other flat earther's immediately accused them of being part of the conspiracy, of selling out to Satan.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (w6EFb)

264 Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.
.......

It was Captain Splatter.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (UjdFS)

265 Sloop John B?

Indeed.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t)

266 Sloop John B?

Kingston Trio or Beach Boyz?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (DgMqy)

267 Sloop John B?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM


The Good Ship Venus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (4NO2D)

268 Trump's pardon was symbolic.

Trump has done some very odd pardons, I have no idea what the purpose or intent of them are. Some of them look very quid quo pro-y to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (El6/E)

269 257 On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

And provide a manager to speak to.

Parallel parking is right out!
Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)
---------



and God forbid it involves a TV remote and streaming services.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (G0vdT)

270 People always praise old 'Star Trek' for being inclusive and blacks could finally see themselves in a good light.

HOWEVER, perhaps having the Klingons and even the Romulans being a little, swarthy, subconsciously broke their brain.

Man, I have to lay off MS Now....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (Sco7b)

In the old series the Klingons weren't that dark, and the Romulans looked like Vulcans.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)

271
Invading the moon is just going to provoke the aliens to attack Earth. The results will be horrific.

https://tinyurl.com/fkzvsbuf

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 04:24 PM (y9nCu)

272 Women shouldn't be on long space voyages.

What're you talking about? Who am I gonna bang otherwise, on those long interstellar stretches between green Yvonne Crains?
-- James T. Kirk

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

273 In the old series the Klingons weren't that dark, and the Romulans looked like Vulcans.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM


Wasn't the first Romulan we see the same actor as Spock's dad?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:24 PM (4NO2D)

274 and God forbid it involves a TV remote and streaming services.

Wait til they start the fight over who controls the thermostat in the starship cabin

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:24 PM (El6/E)

275 NASA will have to design in baby changing stations

I'm thinking this is some decades in the future, when babies born on Luna have to be shipped back to Earth. Babies are unlikely to be shipped to Luna for a host of ethical reasons.

Posted by: 1/6 earth gravity at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (gKWVE)

276 Sloop John B?

Kingston Trio or Beach Boyz?


Beach Boys for sure.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (Riz8t)

277 Trump's pardon was symbolic. She was convicted in State court on State charges. Don't be shocked if they stick her back in back in prison. The dems on Colorado make any mafia family look like wimps.
Posted by: Diogenes

Trump's pardon is another one challenging recent practice like the reading of the 14th allowing anchor babies. Apparently the early belief was that the President's pardons DID actually cover all criminal prosecutions whether state or federal.

And it makes a sort of sense. Kings had absolute pardon power as it was simply a circuit breaker to prevent injustice.

One cannot become a tyrant by pardoning people in a world of negative liberties. Only by putting them in prison unjustly.

The risk is that a Dem in office would simply pardon all of their criminal supporters simply to get votes.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

278 266 Sloop John B?

Kingston Trio or Beach Boyz?
--------
Beach Boyz.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (n17eQ)

279 What I don't get about flat Earthers is what the hell so wrong with spheres?

Why is that shape so taboo?

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (aTgV0)

280 In the old series the Klingons weren't that dark, and the Romulans looked like Vulcans.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:23 PM

Wasn't the first Romulan we see the same actor as Spock's dad?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:24 PM (4NO2D)

i believe so.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (8avO+)

281 I am convinced that 99% of "Flat Earthers" are just trolling
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (El6/E)


There was some talk that it started as a basis of examining everything technical, that people had to rely on experts by third hand reports, to try to find better answers, and of course it got filled in with people who just didn't trust any expert or authority, and decided to go full retard.

I have no idea how that opinion got into the zeitgeist

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)

282 Beach Boys for sure.

I might have to agree with you there. Although I do like TKT's work a lot.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:26 PM (DgMqy)

283 (insert "whitey on the moon" poem here)

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 02, 2026 04:26 PM (cS1cw)

284
Artemis tracker from NASA:
https://is.gd/2AtdaL

That loaded slow for me, may be a lot of people using it, but it worked fine last night. It will take some playing to get the hang of it, but you can see the geometry of the orbit relative to the Earth-Moon system.

TLI burn will be sometime around 8PM EDT. That will occur, as you can see on that map, at perigee, which is aligned just opposite the Moon with the earth in between.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:26 PM (w6EFb)

285 I have no idea how that opinion got into the zeitgeist

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)

4-Chan

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (dK+Kv)

286 Mark Lenard. Yeah.

Damn that was a great episode.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

287 What I don't get about flat Earthers is what the hell so wrong with spheres?

Why is that shape so taboo?
Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (aTgV0)

All the normies think it is a sphere.

In High School one of the science rooms had a poster with Earths of different shapes including one that looked like clay with random finger dents and bulges. Always liked that one.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (8avO+)

288 The risk is that a Dem in office would simply pardon all of their criminal supporters simply to get votes.

Well, and the president is a federal office, and letting the president rule on state issues violates the concept of the states being distinct from the federal government etc. Not that there's much left of that but the principle is valid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (El6/E)

289 Open the bathroom door, HAL.


HAL....open the bathroom door.

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (aTgV0)

290 Women shouldn't be on long space voyages.
.......

Who's gonna make the sammiches?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (UjdFS)

291 257 On longer missions NASA will have to design in baby changing stations.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (abIsI)

And provide a manager to speak to.

Parallel parking is right out!
Posted by: Archimedes


Forget about closing space doors after passing through

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)

292 Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (aTgV0)

The Hebrew Bible and the Gospels assume a flat earth, and the flat earth was taught by a number of Greek and Syrian Church Fathers.
Paul himself believed in a spherical earth with celestial spheres above us.
Augustine, to his credit, said that cosmological speculation was retarded and stood to make Christians look bad should any of their comments prove, in fact, to be retarded.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (gKWVE)

293 Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.



All right, somebody fess up.

Who was William Shat-n-'ere?

Posted by: The One Who Smelt It at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (FvL0s)

294 You know who else did this?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Dv3i1)


Cromwell, the bastard. Oh, and Gustavus Adolphus.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (rbvCR)

295 The simplest proof against flat earth that normies can understand is



darkness. If the earf is flat, it should be light everywhere at the same time.

Conversely, at night, it should be dark everywhere at the same time.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:29 PM (J8NZO)

296 Open the bathroom door, HAL.

HAL....open the bathroom door.
Posted by: eleven
......

Sorry Dave I can't do that. You didn't light a match.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS)

297
31 Imagine working hard your whole life, studying taking care of your body, learning the science, and getting selected for the astronaut program. Then, imagine doing your best and finally getting into a rocket, walking the gantry and stepping into the capsule, you're going to the moon, one of a tiny number of humanity that has ever done so.

Then imagine that instead of praising you and talking about your skills, considering you an Astronaut, the news focuses on your skin color and genitals.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:45 PM

--------

It's like the science director of the first ever mission to land a probe on a comet. At the moment of triumph, he was publicly tormented and humiliated by mutants over a custom "Charlie's Angels" themed shirt he was wearing. The outrage was fake, contrived, and utterly unwarranted, but his craven management required him to make a public apology. Instead of answering questions about the mission, he had a public struggle session about a god damn shirt.

Or the attempt to take the name of James Webb off the revolutionary space telescope recently put into position, over fake accusations of his supposed racism. They failed.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (EKHDg)

298 The Hebrew Bible and the Gospels assume a flat earth

There are multiple passages that refer to the earth as a sphere, and describe it as round. How much the people understood about this is uncertain, but the Bible does not definitively describe the earth as flat. IT contains poetic passages that talk about the "four corners" of the earth etc, but that's like saying "sunrise" even though we know the earth spins and the sun is static relative to earth.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (El6/E)

299 It's Turtles, all the way down.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)

300 293 Why can't the person who jammed up the space toilet fess up. They all know did it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 02, 2026 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Who was William Shat-n-'ere?
Posted by: The One Who Smelt It at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (FvL0s)

haha!!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (fNISR)

301 Conversely, at night, it should be dark everywhere at the same time.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 04:29 PM (J8NZO)

You've made the mistake of giving it any serious consideration.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (dK+Kv)

302 Flat Earthers have to be crapping themselves too. Can't have images from space showing a round Earth...
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (sgrzZ)

We have some flat earthers at our church. They are rather... odd. I was more shocked that there are real people who believe the earth is flat, rather than who believed it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:44 PM (N1DT3)


Even the ancient Greeks knew that the Earth was curved along the North-South axis. They were less certain about the East-West axis. Apparently, they envisioned Earth as a big cylinder. But that actually makes sense, given the constraints of their known world.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (ksbjf)

303 >> If the earf is flat, it should be light everywhere at the same time.

If interested, read how they "explain" this. The Sun (and Moon) are small and local...... Note this geometry doesn't work out like they think, but math and physics, well, they don't believe in it. It's all fake and gay.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:31 PM (w6EFb)

304 Wait until the astronauts find Bigfoot foot prints on the moon!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (isQma)

For future landings on the moon, that would be a great April Fool's joke.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (g8Ew


If I were headed for the moon, I'd be wearing a Buc-Ees tee shirt.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 04:31 PM (2WIwB)

305 I am convinced that 99% of "Flat Earthers" are just trolling
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:20 PM (El6/E)

There was some talk that it started as a basis of examining everything technical, that people had to rely on experts by third hand reports, to try to find better answers, and of course it got filled in with people who just didn't trust any expert or authority, and decided to go full retard.

I have no idea how that opinion got into the zeitgeist
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)

Sounds like nonsense. The Mercator map, for example unrolls a sphere onto a cylinder. Its advantage is that if you sail a ship using the bearing gotten by drawing a line on the Mercator map, you actually get there on the real sea. If the Earth was not a globe, this would not work.

The fact that different stars show as you move N or S also is hard to explain if the earth is flat.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:31 PM (8avO+)

306 4-Chan
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (dK+Kv)


well, I've been lied to by authority since grade-school, and that predates the internet. Then I got a job where everyone lied to me, from customer to supervisors, including randos on the street, so I feel a bit for 4-Channers

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:31 PM (rbvCR)

307 The poor cook. He caught the fits. And threw away all my grits
And then he took, and he ate up all of my corn.
-----

What should we do with the drunken sailor?
---------

God damn them all, I was told
We'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers -- Stan Roger

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 04:32 PM (XeU6L)

308 The fact that different stars show as you move N or S also is hard to explain if the earth is flat.

Sailors have forever known that the earth is curved at least. Things that get far away on a calm sea disappear bottom first. You could see the tops of masts before the rest of the ship as you neared it, lots of stuff like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (El6/E)

309 Will there be a first female to set foot on the Moon?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (abIsI)

310 Well, and the president is a federal office, and letting the president rule on state issues violates the concept of the states being distinct from the federal government etc. Not that there's much left of that but the principle is valid.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Not necessarily so. States themselves are limited by their own state constitutions and not following those in mostly blue states is debatable whether those states are actually fulfilling the Bill of Rights. Notice that even the Colorado appellate court threw back sentencing based on Colorado's violation of federal free speech rights.

The normal resort is to the federal courts via a habeas act but that is very difficult until appeals go all the way up to final resolution in the state court system.

There is an old maxim in law--every right must have a remedy and a right with no remedy (redressibility) is not a right at all.

A presidential pardon is simply another remedy for a rights violation. FWIW, you might want to read Madison's Federalist 46 regarding state versus federal relations. Inevitably, he holds that the PEOPLE of the US, not the states, determine who is to be superior in disputes.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (E4rtv)

311 In the old series the Klingons weren't that dark, and the Romulans looked like Vulcans.
Posted by: Oldcat

Whereas the male Klingons in 'DEI Trek' have two dicks. The Paolo hardest hit.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (+DSUk)

312 Even the ancient Greeks knew that the Earth was curved along the North-South axis. They were less certain about the East-West axis. Apparently, they envisioned Earth as a big cylinder. But that actually makes sense, given the constraints of their known world.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 02, 2026 04:30 PM (ksbjf)

I think the Greeks could demonstrate sphericity due to the same visual effect of a ship sailing to the horizon disappearing from bottom up works the same in any direction. I don't recall if one wrote that up explicitly

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (8avO+)

313 And the horizon is always far away.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (DgMqy)

314
Flat earth was sort of a small group of cranks (The Flat Earth Society, which exists).

There was some sort of resurgence of it online with the Internet starting around 10 years ago or so. As was mentioned above there is speculation that it was born out of "They're lying about everything, even the most basic stuff".

A conspiracy mind so open their brain falls out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (w6EFb)

315 >>>>>Beach Boys for sure.
*******
Dwight Yoakam did a good cover.

Posted by: Cosda at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (IH6tF)

316 The Earth is flat...

...on all six sides.

https://bit.ly/bizarro-world

Posted by: mindful webworker - me am earthlinge at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (ByrUz)

317 The left hates anything that’s good and decent. They are at their core ugly, sad pathetic people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (nLVHX)

318 Whereas the male Klingons in 'DEI Trek' have two dicks. The Paolo hardest hit.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (+DSUk)
----
Pffft. We have SIX!

Posted by: Centauri from Babylon 5 at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (ESVrU)

319 And the horizon is always far away.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM


You can literally never get there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

320 > What should we do with the drunken sailor?

Hit him on the head and take his mon-ey.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (mkw2N)

321 Name something that has only one side.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

322 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
The weekend is here

And I missed the Bondi thread

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (Ia/+0)

323 Sloop John B?

Kingston Trio or Beach Boyz?
--------
Beach Boyz.

Let's dive into the deep end...

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
https://youtu.be/DowyUgDMWGs

The Dicey Doh Singers
https://youtu.be/ISMxBBSugPE

Johnny Cash
https://youtu.be/XB09cky5Cek

Jerry Jeff Walker
https://youtu.be/hMQkO6l7QN0

Barry McGuire
https://youtu.be/-46Zesj4IXw

Fisherman's Friends
https://youtu.be/Gwd1R5i49xY

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (glnUu)

324 The flat earth stuff was always tongue in cheek. Nobody really believes it. But it’s fun to make people think you believe it.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (nLVHX)

325 Wait until the astronauts find Bigfoot foot prints on the moon!
Posted by: Sasquatch
-----

I believe that Wallace and Gromit found a gas range.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (XeU6L)

326 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

My wife’s opinion when arguing.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (nLVHX)

327 The Earth is flat...


Bullshit!
If it were flat I would not have had to walk to school uphill, both way, in three feet of snow.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (2WIwB)

328 The left hates anything that’s good and decent. They are at their core ugly, sad pathetic people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (nLVHX)

yeah, thats about it. They're just miserable pricks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (snZF9)

329 322 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
The weekend is here

And I missed the Bondi thread
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (Ia/+0)

There'll be more!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (fNISR)

330 Let's dive into the deep end...

I suspected this would happen...

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (DgMqy)

331
Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)



Moebius strip

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (y9nCu)

332 I wonder if one turns to the other and says, "Holy crap, can you believe where we are?"

Posted by: InZona at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (peFv8)

333 It is nonsense, but it is a question of larger things. What is history and what is propaganda? What is physics and what is a useful guess? What is reality, and what is hidden from us, it goes on from there.
Epistemology is a highbrow study, but lots of people who have little training in logic also want to know how we know what we know is valid.
Flat earthers are loons who get stuck on stupid, but that desire for truth is there, aching for resolution. It is also the basis for gnosticism, which is poison because it promises that reality is false and the hidden knowledge is available for good boys a girls.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (rbvCR)

334 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928
------

A plane.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (XeU6L)

335 I should have said 'that occurs in nature'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)

336 I am interested in hearing about pre-Hellenistic passages in the Hebrew Bible which discuss Earth as a sphere rather than as a round table.
I've allowed Paul (who had a Greek education) as assuming the Greek cosmology of nested celestial spheres over Earth.
Enoch is known as a Hellenistic-era composition but of course only Ethiopians and Saint Jude allow that one.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (gKWVE)

337
If the Earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything off its edge by now.

Case closed.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (xG4kz)

338 The Hebrew Bible and the Gospels assume a flat earth, and the flat earth was taught by a number of Greek and Syrian Church Fathers.
Paul himself believed in a spherical earth with celestial spheres above us.
Augustine, to his credit, said that cosmological speculation was retarded and stood to make Christians look bad should any of their comments prove, in fact, to be retarded.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:28 PM (gKWVE)



No, this is incorrect. A lot got lost in poor translation.

Isiah 40:22

“He sits enthroned above the sphere of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to live in."

Posted by: runner, austere religious scholar at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (GD0B3)

339 A conspiracy mind so open their brain falls out.
Posted by: publius
=======
Flat Earthers I put in the same category of environmentalists or Marxists. None are scientific in methodology and they rely on pseudo scientific twaddle to make their points. Loved by Mid Wits.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

340 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

Pastrami on rye with a pickle.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (dK+Kv)

341 They're just miserable pricks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 04:36 PM (snZF9)


The pinch-faced scolds of our world.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (n9ltV)

342 Denigrate

That's racist

Posted by: jugear fukstik at April 02, 2026 04:38 PM (Kt19C)

343 I beg your pardon , Isaiah.

Posted by: runner, austere religious scholar at April 02, 2026 04:38 PM (GD0B3)

344 I was informed by Berke Breathed that the earth was shaped like a burrito.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 02, 2026 04:38 PM (PSEDc)

345 Whereas the male Klingons in 'DEI Trek' have two dicks. The Paolo hardest hit.

Kurtzman Trek invention. Recently expanded to say they have 4 nads as well. We will know that the world is healing when Paramount officialy announces that all Kurtzman Trek including the JJ Abrams movies were just a fever dream and are not part of canon.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:38 PM (El6/E)

346 I thought the Greeks figured out the erf was round thousands of years ago.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (nLVHX)

347 321 Name something that has only one side.


......


A woman's perception of things.

Posted by: Been There at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (FvL0s)

348 Saarite.

Posted by: Isaiah at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (4NO2D)

349 321 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

one-sided
adjective
...

• having or occurring on one side of something only: printing one-sided documents.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (fNISR)

350 "Name something that has only one side."

MSNow

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (UoFpr)

351
Help a moron out here -- who is "Cavernous Nostrils" a reference to in the first line?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (xG4kz)

352 A rainbow.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (4NO2D)

353 The haterz get ALL the clicks.

Most of us are stoked to do the space ship thing again!

Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (q177U)

354 Flat earth was sort of a small group of cranks (The Flat Earth Society, which exists).

There was some sort of resurgence of it online with the Internet starting around 10 years ago or so. As was mentioned above there is speculation that it was born out of "They're lying about everything, even the most basic stuff".

A conspiracy mind so open their brain falls out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:34 PM (w6EFb)

I read the original Hollow Earth Theory book (not sure if I own it) but I remember it saying early on: "Scientists say that the earth weighs 6x10^24 kg. This is much too large" .. well OK then.

The real issue for the world inside the hollow earth would be that gravity inside the shell would be virtually 0, it all cancels out

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)

355 And I missed the Bondi thread

Here's something additional: the rumor going around is that Bondi tipped Swalwell off that the FBI was interested in releasing the info on him and Fang Fang. No cue if its accurate or not.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (El6/E)

356 346 I thought the Greeks figured out the erf was round thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Heroq

They did but given history is often more filled by gaps, I suspect other civilizations came to the same conclusions. That is the value of true science, its findings are verifiable by repeated observations, cultures, and civilizations.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (E4rtv)

357 Help a moron out here -- who is "Cavernous Nostrils" a reference to in the first line?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (xG4kz)

Candice Owens

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)

358 nood

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (dK+Kv)

359 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

A flounder?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 02, 2026 04:40 PM (hUFDe)

360 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Moebius strip
Posted by: IllTemperedCur


and a Klein Bottle, and whatever the higher-order versions of that concept are called.

You can make a Klein Bottle by attaching two Moebius Strips edge-to-edge. But only if you live in four-dimensional space.

Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

361 nood



deniro

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)

362
Erastothenes was the Ancient Greek Homo who famously estimated the radius of the earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (w6EFb)

363 Flat earth concept is medieval. Because they burned all the books and only drunken monks were allowed to read. Ancient societies, especially mariners, had an idea that our earth is a sphere. The Greeks and Romans , of course. Probably Chinese, Indians as well.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (GD0B3)

364 >>>And I missed the Bondi thread

There will be another one along soon.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (dK+Kv)

365 "Name something that has only one side."

MSNow
Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (UoFpr)

A Mobius Strip.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (8avO+)

366 340 Name something that has only one side.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

Pastrami on rye with a pickle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (dK+Kv)

With a pickle on "the side"?

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (fNISR)

367 Flat Earthers I put in the same category of environmentalists or Marxists. None are scientific in methodology and they rely on pseudo scientific twaddle to make their points. Loved by Mid Wits.
Posted by: whig

Another way to say is this is they be makin' stuff up as they go. Plus, you pretty much described the New Mexico state government.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (glnUu)

368 I thought the Greeks figured out the erf was round thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 04:39 PM (nLVHX)

They did...Ancient Greek astronomer Eratosthenes proved the world was round and calculated its circumference (c. 240 BCE) using shadows cast by the sun. By measuring the angle of a shadow in Alexandria while knowing the sun was directly overhead at noon in Syene (where no shadow was cast), he calculated the Earth's curvature

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (2WIwB)

369 How many flat earthers are secretly full time trolls?

Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (q177U)

370 361 nood
deniro
Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:43 PM (fNISR)

371 Isiah 40:22 -
Here חוּג is translated "circle" not "sphere". Poor argument! Sorry runner.
Better argument for you: שָׁמַיִם. Even I know that is plural "heavens" and my Hebrew is for shit.
Multiple heavens == celestial spheres. Score one!
Now, Isaiah 40 is Second Isaiah, who preached Cyrus' gospel to the returning Jews, which means this Isaiah got that lore from the Babylonians. They might have sussed out the round earth before the Greeks...

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (gKWVE)

372 The real issue for the world inside the hollow earth would be that gravity inside the shell would be virtually 0, it all cancels out
Posted by: Oldcat


If the walking surface of the inside of hollow earth were on the underside of the outer surface, one would think that centrifugal forces would keep critters' feet on the ground.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (a+4eV)

373 and a Klein Bottle, and whatever the higher-order versions of that concept are called.

You can make a Klein Bottle by attaching two Moebius Strips edge-to-edge. But only if you live in four-dimensional space.
Posted by: mikeski at April 02, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

Read an SF story about a world where peeps lived at the base of a huge wall. One guy built a way to climb it, found out that the space there had the properties of a Moebius strip and he walked in one direction and got back to his starting point.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (8avO+)

374 If the walking surface of the inside of hollow earth were on the underside of the outer surface, one would think that centrifugal forces would keep critters' feet on the ground.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (a+4eV)

True

Not so much at the poles, although that is were the entry holes are.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:47 PM (8avO+)

375 Now, Isaiah 40 is Second Isaiah, who preached Cyrus' gospel to the returning Jews, which means this Isaiah got that lore from the Babylonians. They might have sussed out the round earth before the Greeks...
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 04:44 PM (gKWVE)

Probably, since Astrology watches the stars carefully and the differing height of stars by N or S distance in the sky would be apparent pretty quickly.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (8avO+)

376

'Flatland', the book.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 04:49 PM (XeU6L)

377 > Flat Earthers I put in the same category of environmentalists or Marxists.
Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

In their defense, the Flat Earthers generally don't kill millions of people, unlike environmentalists and Marxists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (IG3/x)

378 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at April 02, 2026 04:52 PM (vTZFs)

379 Pilot - flies the spaceship.

Commander - orders the pilot where to fly. Back up to pilot.

Mission specialist 1 - prepares the cocktails and passes out peanuts and instructs the flight crew on safety.

Mission specialist II - loads and unloads the luggage.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 05:05 PM (D7v4F)

380 Anti-Trump judge orders spaceship Artemis to return to the launchpad.

Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2026 05:14 PM (KtOUo)

381 The libs are knocking down on Trump's warrior women
Leavitt will be next

I was reminded of the difference between the Trump bimbos and Big Sis and Janet Reno and Bondi who chose not to prosecute Epstein in FL
Brains v Beauty

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 08:01 PM (VAoZ8)

382 Sorry, if you think space xis really important you really are a fag.

Posted by: Bob at April 02, 2026 09:43 PM (0UpBL)

As Part of JD Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force, Feds Raid Fake Hospice Fraudsters In California


The Patriot Oasis

@ThePatriotOasis

🚨BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance says his Fraud Task Force is NOT wasting time after the California raid this morning.

VANCE: "Our task force isn't wasting any time cracking down on fraud."

"This morning in the LA area, federal law enforcement is taking down fraudsters who stole $50M+ from Americans by defrauding our healthcare and hospice systems."

Remember earlier stories about, what, 89 "hospice care" "businesses" operating in a ten square block area of LA?

Hospice care is care for the terminally ill. It can be expensive, but the care is brief: Most people who enter hospice care die within two or three weeks.

That's not the case in the Hospice Care Businesses being raided. Astonishingly, after eight months of care for the terminally ill, these Modern Miracle Factories have achieved a ninety-seven plus percent survival rate. And I'm not making that number up, that's from the Fox video report below the fold.

Even though these Resurrection Mills are bringing the dead back to life, the anti-science thug JD Vance wants to arrest them instead of giving them all Congressional Medals of Super-Science!

NYP:

The home of a husband and wife who own a Southern California hospice accused of committing $7 million in fraud was raided by FBI agents in conjunction with Health and Human Services early Thursday morning.

The raid is one of several that took place as part of a massive federal effort to address widespread fraud in the state in coordination with Vice President JD Vance's Fraud Taskforce -- and the California Post was there.

In dramatic fashion, the couple, Amelou Gill and Gladwin Gill, who operate St. Francis Palliative Care in Anaheim, were arrested at their home by an FBI SWAT team as authorities sawed through the metal front gates of their property and called with loudspeakers for them to come out.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, was on the scene as well and said the couple created a hospice in their daughter's name and bilked millions of dollars from taxpayers.

"Since 2022, there have been allegations, but for four years, what seems to be typical in California, nothing was done," he said.

Their hospice had a mortality rate of just 2.3% over the last five years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Dr. Oz told the California Post that CMS has suspended "hundreds" of hospice licenses in California.

"In 10 weeks we're getting close to what Governor Newsom did in four years," he said.

...

Dr. Fariba Javaherian is a registered dermatologist, but according to CMS billing data obtained by The Post, she is associated with 63 hospice facilities across California either as a medical director, attending physician or in some other capacity.

Apparently there are millions of terminally ill patients dying of Problem Acne.


The National Provider Identifier (NPI) registered with Dr. Javaherian, a unique 10-digit number given to individual health care providers, was used for 1,662 unique patients across the 63 hospice agencies and appeared on more than 6,000 claims that billed $35,816,331.


Following The Post's investigation, CMS revoked Javaherian's license to bill Medicare and suspended the license of at least 16 hospice agencies associated with the dermatologist.

"Dr. Javaherian's white coat was a costume," CMS Administrator Dr. Oz said. Javaherian is not accused of any wrongdoing.

Remember, the very very smart Smarties of the Left insisted that JD Vance's posting as anti-fraud task force commissioner was some kind of political setback, because it's a big waste of time because Fraud Is Fake. The Science (TM) says so.

While the reality is 100% the opposite. I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer, but conservative voters are keen to finally have fraud investigated and punished after seventy years of politicians promising that to us, and they will reward Vance for doing the job that until now American politicians just wouldn't do.

And there is billions more in fraud to be discovered in Gruesome Newsom's California shithole alone:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:27 PM




Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 MOAR

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (N1DT3)

2 In the race to FIRST, The Blade is FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

3 BONDI ISN'T DOING ANYTHING!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (FmapG)

4 ... or SECOND

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

5 Anyone want to bet me on that majority of these being run by immigrants?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (N1DT3)

6 (Legal... even if questionably... and illegal, of course.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (N1DT3)

7 STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (Kt19C)

8 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 02, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)

9 Bondi is out.

Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

10 On my prediction that our fraudsters are mostly immigrants:

This is what happens when you import a large number of people who are not part of your culture and have no desire to be a part of it.

A significant portion of them will see the native populace as enemies or at least "the other" to be fleeced. There's no desire to play by the rules.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (N1DT3)

11 Javaherian is not accused of any wrongdoing.
Like heck he isn't. He might not be legally charged with anything, yet, but I'm sure as shootin' accusing him of wrongdoing.

Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (10ipE)

12 Bondi is out.
Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

WHAT!? Where did you hear that!? I haven't seen anything about that on this very website an hour ago!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (N1DT3)

13 >>>That's not the case in the Hospice Care Businesses being raided. Astonishingly, after eight months of care for the terminally ill, these Modern Miracle Factories have achieved a ninety-seven percent survival rate.

They got better.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 02:32 PM (dK+Kv)

14 Epoch times breaking a minute ago.

Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:32 PM (AfigF)

15 Bondi is out.
Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

WHAT!? Where did you hear that!? I haven't seen anything about that on this very website an hour ago!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (N1DT3)

NO WAY!

😂

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (GD0B3)

16 Bondi is out.
Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

He took it out?

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (5itIU)

17 This is exactly why we can't have an effective AG.

There are far too many politicians involved in this graft to ever allow it go away.

Those politicians further down the chain donate to those higher up the chain so that the gravy train can continue for all involved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (ESVrU)

18 no, no , I need more prooFFFF!!!

😂😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (GD0B3)

19 Jerry,
He took
It
Out.

Posted by: Elaine at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

20 see, a small minority of non-post readers are giving us all bad name!!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 02:34 PM (GD0B3)

21 " I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer"
---

Why?

Posted by: UA113 at April 02, 2026 02:34 PM (cz34i)

22 19 Jerry,
He took
It
Out.

Took what out?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 02:34 PM (DgMqy)

23 Man, what a Big News day.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 02:34 PM (fNISR)

24 So what's this post about? Seinfeld dick jokes?

Posted by: Frost at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

25 Even though these Resurrection Mills are bringing the dead back to life



So they can vote.

Afternoon all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (J8NZO)

26
"It."

Posted by: Elaine at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (2Ez/1)

27 >>> VANCE: "Our task force isn't wasting any time cracking down on fraud."This morning in the LA area, federal law enforcement is taking down fraudsters who stole $50M+ from Americans by defrauding our healthcare and hospice systems."

Congress finally got off their butts and passed a law to eject any immigrant that commits welfare fraud.

When do we see the bills to eject any immigrant that commits healthcare, visa, and welfare fraud?

If those passed now, we might have a fair election come November.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (Eng1Z)

28 Whoa, Charles Lindbergh's 20 month old kid just got kidnapped!

Posted by: Dork at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (gKWVE)

29 >>>21 " I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer"
---

Why?

Posted by: UA113 a

take a guess. I'm tired of people I've never seen before coming in here to defend Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (1wjle)

30 Bondi is out.
Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

***

She doesn't look Ghey

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (affD0)

31 Why?
Posted by: UA113 at April 02, 2026 02:34 PM (cz34i)

ace felt he was too cozy with Tucker or Vance did not repudiate him when Tucker went off his feed.

Posted by: Frost at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)

32 26
"It."
Posted by: Elaine at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (2Ez/1)

Nailed it!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (DgMqy)

33 On my prediction that our fraudsters are mostly immigrants:

This is what happens when you import a large number of people who are not part of your culture and have no desire to be a part of it.

A significant portion of them will see the native populace as enemies or at least "the other" to be fleeced. There's no desire to play by the rules.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (N1DT3)
____

The lower-level frontmen, yes. But this is almost certainly all run by organized crime at the top. The LA hospice care fraud is reportedly run by the Russian and Armenian (!) mobs.

Remember all the mass looting of jewelry and department stores that was happening a lot during covid? All organized by gangs and the mob.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

34 See! Thats why.

Posted by: Frost at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)

35 24 So what's this post about? Seinfeld dick jokes?
Posted by: Frost at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM
+++

Aren't they all?

Posted by: Just got here at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

36 Uh oh.

https://is.gd/3oqZIx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)

37 /off Aliens sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)

38 Bondi is out.
Posted by: Derak at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (AfigF)

He took it out?
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld


He just wrote her off, Jerry. He just wrote her off.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (J8NZO)

39 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (A5RD0)

40 Would love to see a cross reference between "hospice" owners and Democrat donor lists.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (q5Sxq)

41 39 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (A5RD0)

Isn't everything... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (FtULh)

42 they were always troublemakers, that and the sand people,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 02, 2026 02:38 PM (bXbFr)

43 This is what happens when you import a large number of people who are not part of your culture and have no desire to be a part of it.

A significant portion of them will see the native populace as enemies or at least "the other" to be fleeced. There's no desire to play by the rules."

Play by our rules. They are playing by theirs...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:38 PM (XuXeR)

44 Uh oh.

https://is.gd/3oqZIx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)

To be fair, those tits look better than the ones he actually wore. Its a low bar, but the photoshopper managed to step over it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

45 Bondi took it out?

How would that even work?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 02:38 PM (LxER7)

46 Pam has them all on her desk.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at April 02, 2026 02:39 PM (2Ez/1)

47 "Them" I could see......

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 02:39 PM (LxER7)

48 Would love to see a cross reference between "hospice" owners and Democrat donor lists.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (q5Sxq)

I'd like to see a crossreference between hospice patients and dem voter rolls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

49 Bondi took it out?

How would that even work?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 02:38 PM (LxER7

Let me show you.

Posted by: Big Mike Obama at April 02, 2026 02:39 PM (FmapG)

50
g'afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 02:40 PM (tljrc)

51 the jawas,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 02, 2026 02:40 PM (bXbFr)

52 Whoa, Charles Lindbergh's 20 month old kid just got kidnapped!"

Oh man, the Doobie Brothers broke up!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:40 PM (XuXeR)

53 Dr. Fariba Javaherian

Those doggone Scandis are at it again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

54 Whoa, Charles Lindbergh's 20 month old kid just got kidnapped!
Posted by: Dork at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (gKWVE)

Actually laughing out loud here

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

55
DOWN GOES BONDI!
DOWN GOES BONDI!

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (ZxPkt)

56 I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer


Didn't he say something weird about UFOs recently?

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

57 Uh oh.

https://is.gd/3oqZIx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM
###
They're real and they're spectacular!

Posted by: And yet another Seinfeld reference at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (2Ez/1)

58 Yeah. Good luck with that.

Supreme Court Begs Colorado To Please Just Be Normal For Once

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (ndZc7)

59 take a guess. I'm tired of people I've never seen before coming in here to defend Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (1wjle)

JD Vance needs to stop socking our trolls.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

60 DOWN GOES BONDI!

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (ZxPkt)

That's how you get to run for president!!!

Posted by: Kamala at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (FmapG)

61 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

I think she's reaching a point where authorities might consider a welfare check.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (q5Sxq)

62 On my prediction that our fraudsters are mostly immigrants:

This is what happens when you import a large number of people who are not part of your culture and have no desire to be a part of it.

A significant portion of them will see the native populace as enemies or at least "the other" to be fleeced. There's no desire to play by the rules.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (N1DT3)

Sure, but they did this with the knowing connivance of thousands of CA officials who are not immigrants. If Vance and Nick Shirley can see it after a week's work then the myriads of inspectors and overseers knew damn well what was going down.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)

63 7 STEINER WILL COME
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (Kt19C)

Not.... Trust the Plan?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)

64 Dr. Fariba Javaherian

Those doggone Scandis are at it again"

Of the Main Line Javaherians...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (XuXeR)

65 GERMANS ATTACK PEARL HARBOR!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

66 Not one other report from the media up, other than FOX News -

Gavin Newsom
Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far
The 221 suspended providers in Los Angeles represent a 216% increase from numbers reported just last week
By Preston Mizell Fox News, Published April 2, 2026 12:59pm EDT

Yes, California hospices are/were licensed by the state (California Department of Public Health).

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NFX2v)

67 My grandma "beat hospice," we thought it was her time to go when she first chose to go on it, and then it wasn't. She went off it a few months later and lived a bit longer. It did a number on my emotions, let me tell you. Grieving her impending death, only to have that grief reprieved was a blessing, but rough.

But she was A) alive, B) making her own medical decisions, and C) a real person. She was not scamming the system.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (Eng1Z)

68 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

I think she's reaching a point where authorities might consider a welfare check.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (q5Sxq)

Doesn't she know that the Foreign Legion aren't actual Frenchmen?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)

69 knowing connivance of thousands of CA officials who are not immigrants."

Are we sure about that?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (XuXeR)

70 Scuse me while I whip this out!

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (2UnvF)

71
The problem is the shredders and evidence destruction started right after Nick Shirley left.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (IifOV)

72 Who here expects prosecution here, anyone? Raise hands?

I am sorry to sound so blackpilled today but damn it just seems like we are avalanched with evil news and nothing ever seems to come of it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (El6/E)

73 61 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

I think she's reaching a point where authorities might consider a welfare check.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (q5Sxq)

Beau Geste? surely you jest...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (mP0Kj)

74 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

I think she's reaching a point where authorities might consider a welfare check.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (q5Sxq)

Is she combining the threads with the Macron defamation?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (zZu0s)

75 Not.... Trust the Plan?"

Trust the climb?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:44 PM (XuXeR)

76 Don't take Javaherian if you're allergic to Javaherian.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 02, 2026 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)

77 70 Scuse me while I whip this out!
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (2UnvF)

Whip what out?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 02:44 PM (DgMqy)

78 I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer


Didn't he say something weird about UFOs recently?
Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)
______

I think he was taken out of context, but yea -- he came across as a weirdo alien dork. My bigger gripe is that he seems too close to traitors and saboteurs like Fucker. I don't mean going on podcasts, as I think strong sharp conservatives can hold their own against any enemy. I mean that he seems too personally close to them. It's a red flag for me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

79 Doesn't she know that the Foreign Legion aren't actual Frenchmen"

Sacre Bleu!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)

80 Not one other report from the media up, other than FOX News -

Gavin Newsom
Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far
The 221 suspended providers in Los Angeles represent a 216% increase from numbers reported just last week
By Preston Mizell Fox News, Published April 2, 2026 12:59pm EDT

Yes, California hospices are/were licensed by the state (California Department of Public Health).
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NFX2v)

In related news, I was floored to learn that we went from 800 Trucking schools pre-2020 to 18,0000 today.

Clearly that is exactly what the Sockpuppet Administration wanted.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:45 PM (N1DT3)

81 So they all to be tried in California, yes? That's where the crime occurred.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 02:45 PM (FmapG)

82 DJIA down 0.3% on news of Bondi firing.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (N8ZBc)

83 "And there is billions more in fraud to be discovered in Gruesome Newsom's California shithole alone:"

Early reports said there was like $8B of fraud just in Minnesota, then reports that California was much worse.

And if we only get one Somali arrested for each $20M of stolen funds, we are not doing so well. I'm sure that's a trade Ilhan is happy to take. Somalian Pirates come cheap, you know.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (vbXSk)

84 knowing connivance of thousands of CA officials who are not immigrants."

Are we sure about that?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (XuXeR)

You don't think they are getting their cut? Oh bless your heart you innocent.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (8avO+)

85 DJIA down 0.3% on news of Bondi firing."

Oh no!

Anyway...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (XuXeR)

86 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

Well, so much for the auld Scottish / French alliance. I suppose they covered for the furry's escape by rolling long stale baguettes in the cops' way

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (gKWVE)

87 You don't think they are getting their cut?"

That they're not immigrants. Quite a few in some states' governments...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (XuXeR)

88 DJIA down 0.3% on news of Bondi firing."

Oh no!

Anyway...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (XuXeR)

Thats like a 1000 points now, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

89
>>CMS revoked Javaherian's license to bill Medicare

=================

And then the DoJ charged him for all his crimes, right? RIGHT??

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (n7rxJ)

90 Early reports said there was like $8B of fraud just in Minnesota, then reports that California was much worse.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 02:46 PM (vbXSk)

CA probably wasted that much on their high speed train from nowhere to nowhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (8avO+)

91 Didn't he say something weird about UFOs recently?

This is like rejecting Ben Carson because he says pyramids were used to store grain. Who even cares if someone has an odd belief? WE ALL DO, you just don't usually know it. Its not like he's gonna create a Department of Exorcism to deal with the UFO invasion.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (El6/E)

92 Don't drag us into this...

Posted by: The French Foreign Legion at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (2Ez/1)

93 >>> Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow. I think she's reaching a point where authorities might consider a welfare check.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:41 PM (q5Sxq)

A good husband would, at this point, whisk her and their kids away on a vacation where all tech is banned, schtupp her silly, and make her touch grass and play with the kids at least once a day. These fixations cannot be good for their family and their mental health. Step away from the youtube!

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (Eng1Z)

94 Bondi Filler & Resin can repair everything from dings in your ego to cracks in your libido.

Posted by: Bondi Filler & Resin at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (5itIU)

95 85 It's a joke. I like to riff on the "X drops on news of Z" cliche. Sorry.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (N8ZBc)

96 The lower-level frontmen, yes. But this is almost certainly all run by organized crime at the top. The LA hospice care fraud is reportedly run by the Russian and Armenian (!) mobs.

Remember all the mass looting of jewelry and department stores that was happening a lot during covid? All organized by gangs and the mob.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

Yep. A lot of Medicare and Medicaid fraud is organized crime. Some of the cartels that were operating in South Florida in the 70s and 80s got out of the drug game and moved to healthcare fraud.

Posted by: You rob governments because that's where the money is at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)

97 Candace the Cuckoo now says French Foreign Legion troops were "on the ground" at Charlie Kirks shooting donchaknow.

----

Bullshit. If there were French troops involved they would have surrendered to the first school crossing guard.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (y9ksN)

98 I mean that he seems too personally close to them. It's a red flag for me.

It is a concern. He's been SUPER quiet about the Iran miiltary action, which suggests to me that he's probably opposed and who knows why.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:48 PM (El6/E)

99 @BRICSinfo
JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (ZxPkt)

100 Mixed feelings about moving Zeldin away from the EPA. He seems to have actually wrested power from the entrenched loonies there, and that's no small feat.

Posted by: Ted Dansen's wig at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (RBjD4)

101 Breaking update on the Official(sort of) AOSHQ Doge, Saijo “Soup” Shiba! As we know, he was rescued from not great circumstances. When he dreamed, he would cry. Just now, this very moment, he was dreaming and WAGGING his tail! It was adorable.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)

102 A good husband would, at this point, whisk her and their kids away on a vacation where all tech is banned, schtupp her silly

You mean sillier?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (gKWVE)

103 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

104 Oz - the great and powerful!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Cqx++)

105 You don't think they are getting their cut?"

That they're not immigrants. Quite a few in some states' governments...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (XuXeR)

You don't roll off a boat and get a political job in CA quite yet.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)

106 By the way odd news story: a woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.

So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid. Which is just, odd.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E)

107 Billions in California

Billions in Minnesota


Wait till they take on Michigan, NJ, NY, IL and AZ...........WA, OR......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

108 Its not like he's gonna create a Department of Exorcism to deal with the UFO invasion."

Aw man...

*puts down bong*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (XuXeR)

109 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (ZxPkt)

Because the Foreign Legion is too busy cleaning up after the Kirk shooting.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (FmapG)

110 I'm not a JD Vance booster any longer

Whether he's the Deep State's plant (i.e., GHWB II), an unproven, inexperienced successor, or a complete MAGA team player, he has to perform well at this to "prove" himself. It's pretty smart.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (iFEms)

111 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)

112 Breaking update on the Official(sort of) AOSHQ Doge, Saijo “Soup” Shiba! As we know, he was rescued from not great circumstances. When he dreamed, he would cry. Just now, this very moment, he was dreaming and WAGGING his tail! It was adorable.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)

Awww. Wonderful news. Shiba inu are so cute.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (N1DT3)

113 Mixed feelings about moving Zeldin away from the EPA. He seems to have actually wrested power from the entrenched loonies there, and that's no small feat.
Posted by: Ted Dansen's wig at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (RBjD4)

Just combine the two departments, DEOPJA.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)

114 101 Breaking update on the Official(sort of) AOSHQ Doge, Saijo “Soup” Shiba! As we know, he was rescued from not great circumstances. When he dreamed, he would cry. Just now, this very moment, he was dreaming and WAGGING his tail! It was adorable.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)

; )

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (fNISR)

115 This is like rejecting Ben Carson because he says pyramids were used to store grain. Who even cares if someone has an odd belief? WE ALL DO, you just don't usually know it. Its not like he's gonna create a Department of Exorcism to deal with the UFO invasion.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I'm condemning him. He's entitled to his beliefs, and I'm not entirely sure what he said anyway. But it's an interesting view into someone's mind when they espouse an offbeat belief.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go make the glazed carrots that I'm going to leave out for the Easter Bunny.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)

116 Dr. Fariba Javaherian



Between India and islham, it's amazing we have an America anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

117 Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)

Unless he's trying to burnish Vance's resume to run for the Big Chair with Rubio.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (FmapG)

118 Trump just now on his Truth Social

'Pam will be transitioning to the private sector'


ouch

https://x.com/PressSec/status/
2039754630649782502

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (ZxPkt)

119 I am being treated for cancer. No one ever suggested I see a dermatologist. Do I have a case for malpractice?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (AlhUl)

120 You don't roll off a boat and get a political job in CA quite yet."

Ever dealt with LA County?

Heh.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (XuXeR)

121 willow:

International Crisis Center: The Houthis Enter the Middle East War: What Comes Next?
---

In sequential order. ICBMs, cruise missiles, B-1 &2 bombers, F series jets, A-10 Warthogs with Blackhawks then B-52s.
Houtis, it's time to get your affairs in order.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (YvvFZ)

122
When he dreamed, he would cry. Just now, this very moment, he was dreaming and WAGGING his tail! It was adorable.
Posted by: Piper


You brought him back to life. Just like those miracle hospices.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 02:53 PM (Cqx++)

123 Josephistan, as has been noted here the Légion étrangère is mostly non-French.
So they could be American recruits who are then ordered to hang around Owens' studio, secretly replacing her sane broadcasts with batshit silly ones by deepfake AI. Thus discrediting Owens.

Posted by: as good a theory as any of owens' at April 02, 2026 02:53 PM (gKWVE)

124 Han and Leia have their first fight.

https://is.gd/2rB2Yv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:53 PM (ndZc7)

125 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)

His last big job was being point man at going after the EU and our allies for being anti-democratic and anti-religion. Now he's going for the most evil kind of mass fraud in the country. These are important jobs on the political side.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)

126 By the way odd news story: a woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.

So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid. Which is just, odd.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E)



They need to learn the geetar, though they seem to have the 'chicks for free' part down already.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Zz0t1)

127 I'm looking forward to spending more time with my private sector.

Posted by: Pam Blondi at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (2Ez/1)

128
Javaherian is not accused of any wrongdoing.
Like heck he isn't. He might not be legally charged with anything, yet, but I'm sure as shootin' accusing him of wrongdoing.
Posted by: GWB

==============

Yeah wtf? Is that just the NYP avoiding prosecution by stating that she hasn't been formally charged yet?

(Followed by my sinking feeling that she won't be, ever.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (n7rxJ)

129 115 I meant "I'm not condemning him." Sheesh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

130 https://is.gd/YMTrdT

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (Kt19C)

131 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)
******
Well, Kamala was the border czar and look how well she did at that job.

This gives JD a chance to prove himself as to whether he is worthy of the position of POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (NpAcC)

132 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.
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wtf does that even mean

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (ZxPkt)

133 Only 25% is fraud? Sure, Jan...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (XMwZJ)

134 >>> @BRICSinfo
JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Yes, I'll let a modern Frenchman groomed and then beaten up by his wife mansplain to me battle strategy.

To quote Home Alone: Macron is what the French call "Les incompétents"

So he's just going to let countries run out of oil? The Philippines is almost completely out. It's at a crisis point globally, this blockade. This stubborn card is the only card they have left against Trump. They will sit on their hands and blow raspberries at him while the world suffers from their stupidity.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (Eng1Z)

135 BRICSinfo
JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.
Posted by: Don Black


It's true. His wife DOES have a bigger dick than he does.

Fine. Sit with empty store shelves as your country runs out of gas.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (J8NZO)

136 woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.
So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid


Why not both?

Posted by: Alyssa "Finger Cuffs" Jones at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (gKWVE)

137 By the way odd news story: a woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.

So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid. Which is just, odd.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E)

They make men pay child support for other men's kids all the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)

138 Wait, so...something happened??

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (M7rua)

139 His last big job was being point man at going after the EU and our allies for being anti-democratic and anti-religion. Now he's going for the most evil kind of mass fraud in the country. These are important jobs on the political side.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)


It's also an (almost) entirely domestic, economic issue. Having the VP involved shows that the Administration hasn't taken their eyes off the economy, which the left was saying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (ExV1e)

140 We're gonna need a bigger Task Force

Farewell and adieu you scum suckin scammers
Farewell and adieu you scammers of pain

Posted by: kactus at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (twS2i)

141 115 I meant "I'm not condemning him." Sheesh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

Too late. It's going on your permanent record.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (dK+Kv)

142 Just think of all the poor people that could be fed with that sort of money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (qFwJc)

143 >>Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

It's a multi organization task force that includes groups from different groups within the government including CMS, DOJ, Treasury, etc.. And they report to the 2nd in command of the Executive Branch.

I don't think there is anything nefarious.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

144 Most of that nature of fraud in my state, region is by persons and families of color "engaging in generational wealth building" and/or Healthcare Executives.

Oh, and politicians are always somehow involved, too.

SEIU
March 25 at 8:39 PM
$1.3 billion stolen from Medicare and Medicaid by a wealthy fraudster. Care ripped away from the people who need it most.
Yet somehow, that’s not the fraud they’re focused on.
Because when you’ve got connections, the rules don’t apply.
Quit playing games with people's lives.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (NFX2v)

145 This may be 100% valid, but Republican against California just makes me automatically suspicious.

I hope for the sake of any patients who need these services that these were not, in fact, providers but rather fraudsters providing no services at all.

Trump just pardoned a proven hospice fraudster, so I guess he's okay with it.

I am once again asking Newsom to grow a fucking pair and start using the full force of California’s Democratic supermajority to crack down on Silicon Valley’s collaboration with MAGA. Vance is a Thiel puppet.

I don’t give a shit about the mean tweets your interns wrote, Gavin. I want to see you drive a stake through the heart of MAGA’s social media manipulation strategy. I want to see the state of California seizing Palantir and Twitter offices

won't happen simply because democratic politicians are born and bred to be right wing enablers. They are not freedom fighters. They are friends with the rich and conservatives.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (ycI94)

146 101 Breaking update on the Official(sort of) AOSHQ Doge, Saijo “Soup” Shiba! As we know, he was rescued from not great circumstances. When he dreamed, he would cry. Just now, this very moment, he was dreaming and WAGGING his tail! It was adorable.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)

We clearly do not deserve them. This is true with my dog, and my 2 cats, one of which thinks is a dog. The other has stayed by my side when I was going through cancer treatment.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws)

147
Awww. Wonderful news. Shiba inu are so cute.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026

He’s the best. Well, not really, because he is a Shiba Inu. But he is very cute! 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

148 Simple. Just cut the child in half.

Posted by: King Solomon at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (2Ez/1)

149 Are any of us really still holding on to any actual justice for fraud to happen?

Six months.....

Second Somali fraudster handed light sentence by Minneapolis judge https://mol.im/a/15698045

Posted by: Joyenz at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (2F0/Y)

150 And to think, I have to jump through hoops to get a simple CT scan approved.

These f****s are rolling in my money like Scrooge McDuck.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (HFaa7)

151 119 I am being treated for cancer. No one ever suggested I see a dermatologist. Do I have a case for malpractice?
Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 02:52 PM (AlhUl)

Depends on what cancer...and who didn't suggest it...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:58 PM (tOcjL)

152 Well, Kamala was the border czar and look how well she did at that job.

This gives JD a chance to prove himself as to whether he is worthy of the position of POTUS.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:55 PM (NpAcC)

That was one of her smartest ops. She went nowhere near the border, and went to Vietnam ? Central America? on some junket instead.

only time she seemed at all smart - not getting that albatross around her neck.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:58 PM (8avO+)

153 By the way odd news story: a woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.

So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid. Which is just, odd.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E)
____

Odd case. It seems the slut-whore tramp trollop mother did identify one of the two twin retards as the father. It was the other retard who sued to have custody. Odd.

I believe there are ways to determine even among identical twins which is the father, although it's very expensive and far more than just a typical paternity test.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

154 143 >>Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

It's a multi organization task force that includes groups from different groups within the government including CMS, DOJ, Treasury, etc.. And they report to the 2nd in command of the Executive Branch.

I don't think there is anything nefarious.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

I don't either. This could very well highlight Vance's ability to be an executive manager ready to take the reins from Trump.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 02:58 PM (N39Ws)

155 >>> Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Well Pam is getting fired, so...

If Trump fires Kash Patel next, which would be well deserved as he's also not moving fast enough, the left will yell at him for firing his minority/DEI hires, which they should have been happy about him hiring in the first place. Trump can't win.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (Eng1Z)

156 States with massive fraud should be forced to pay for it themselves.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (rJ48h)

157 hope they brought along woodchippers for the raidees. fucking bastards.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (fPlYB)

158
only time she seemed at all smart - not getting that albatross around her neck.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:58 PM (8avO+)




You asked for it.............


https://youtu.be/rKPicUnsPPg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

159 Vance needs to catch up with Action Marco

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (MzksJ)

160 Even if we don't get much oil from the Persian Gulf, who controls the Straight still affects our energy costs. You can't trust the euro weenies to do the job.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (y9ksN)

161 So whatever happened to that Bongino guy?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)

162 80. Clearly that is exactly what the Sockpuppet Administration wanted.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

👍 Yes, make a/the program unmanageable, ungovernable.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (NFX2v)

163 >>Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

It's a multi organization task force that includes groups from different groups within the government including CMS, DOJ, Treasury, etc.. And they report to the 2nd in command of the Executive Branch.

I don't think there is anything nefarious.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

I'm more interested in getting the money cut off. All of that fraud gets back into Democrat coffers.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (8avO+)

164 By the way odd news story: a woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.

So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid. Which is just, odd.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E)

I feel sorry for the kid, but no pity for the woman at all.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (N1DT3)

165 Everything is a matter of incentive - it's why we tried out prisons.

But they didn't work. There's fraud all over the place, and none of these fraudsters even wind up in the cells.

I have a different idea: panther pits.

Panther pits will be cheaper than traditional prisons, recidivism will drop to zero, children can take field trips to learn about justice and zoology at the same time, and panther judges can't be bought with anything but live prey, once they've tasted it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

166 If Trump fires Kash Patel next, which would be well deserved as he's also not moving fast enough, the left will yell at him for firing his minority/DEI hires, which they should have been happy about him hiring in the first place. Trump can't win.
Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (Eng1Z)


If he fires people fast enough, we can run through the entire population of the country being fired for not moving fast enough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (ExV1e)

167 I know this is OT but fuck Europe and NATO with the barbed cock of Satan.

May they all DIAF.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (V4IXI)

168 >>I don't either. This could very well highlight Vance's ability to be an executive manager ready to take the reins from Trump.

That's what I was thinking. Getting rid of government fraud is one of Trump's top goals and he just gave Vance a very high profile opportunity to shine.

Besides, Marco just got a new job as Chief Toll Taker at the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

169 won't happen simply because democratic politicians are born and bred to be right wing enablers. They are not freedom fighters. They are friends with the rich and conservatives.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 02:57 PM (ycI94)

I fucking wish!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

170 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)

But it's not not a job for him, either.

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (lCppi)

171 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Breaking News: French pussy says limp wristed pussy things.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (IifOV)

172 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.
Posted by: Don Black


It's true. His wife DOES have a bigger dick than he does.

Fine. Sit with empty store shelves as your country runs out of gas.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 02:56 PM (J8NZO)
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How much of an asshole do you have to be to watch your country fall back into seventh-century barbarism rather than buy oil from the United States?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (ESVrU)

173 160 Even if we don't get much oil from the Persian Gulf, who controls the Straight still affects our energy costs. You can't trust the euro weenies to do the job.
____

Euroweenies - Soft power!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Dv3i1)

174 Saijo “Soup” Shiba!

Tell me moar

Posted by: jugear fukstik at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Kt19C)

175 States with massive fraud should be forced to pay for it themselves.

---------------------------------

Why should taxpayers in Vermont subsidize welfare benefits in Arkansas. Yes, I know it would be the other way round but the question stands.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (ExV1e)

176 161 So whatever happened to that Bongino guy?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 03

He is currently beating Massie up on X.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Wmg4n)

177 Did the twins do a version of Patent Trap: Stepmom edition?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

178 But it's not not a job for him, either.
Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 03:01 PM (lCppi)

The job of the Veep is what the Prez says it is.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)

179 Over on x.com (hopefully this isn't a margin blower):
FFT1776/status/2039741220684022055
BREAKING: Swalwell NDA Sexual Abuse story heating up FAST!
My anonymous source is reporting a major media outlet is talking to THREE women this afternoon; one has receipts and one is a former Kamala Harris staffer.


My guess is that Katie Porter is trying to hustle Swalwell off the race. Presently two Republicans are taking up the top of the "jungle" primary. Which means no Democrats will be in the runoff.
If Swalwell sinks below 10%, Porter stands to benefit from whatever women are still supporting that flatulent sleaze (and from simps). This might put her in second place which means she'll win the runoff.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (gKWVE)

180 They need to learn the geetar, though they seem to have the 'chicks for free' part down already.

I wonder, do women hvae twin fantasies like many guys do?

Why not both?

That might end up being what they do, after all as Oldcat says "They make men pay child support for other men's kids all the time."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (El6/E)

181 GERMANS ATTACK PEARL HARBOR!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone


Great. We're going to have to eat Schwein-sushi now~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (diia5)

182 woman slept with two twin brothers separately over the course of separate days and got pregnant. Science cannot tell which one is the father.
So legally neither one are on the hook for the kid


You think that's bad...this story is about a dude with super syphilis speading it to multiple women in their 40s-60s in a couple of months. He was slaying that silver mish.

https://tinyurl.com/2cczhufz
(It’s a longer YouTube video, so best to queue up to listen later while cleaning or something lol)

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (ycI94)

183 Oil is bought and sold at market rates, regardless of where the oil originates or is refined.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (HFaa7)

184 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

185 176 161 So whatever happened to that Bongino guy?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 03

He is currently beating Massie up on X.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Wmg4n)
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Good

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (sZ8Ea)

186 I know this is OT but fuck Europe and NATO with the barbed cock of Satan.

May they all DIAF.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

That's never OT.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)

187 How much of an asshole do you have to be to watch your country fall back into seventh-century barbarism rather than buy oil from the United States?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 03:02 PM (ESVrU)

the European kind.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (8avO+)

188
So the husband-and-wife scammers were raided by the FBI. This means something IS happening, correct? This is beyond an "investigation" that will be "referred" to the DoJ for "possible" "further action," right?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (n7rxJ)

189 "The job of the Veep is "

Bucket of warm spit. At least they heat it up a bit for the poor SOB.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (N8ZBc)

190 I have heard of cases where twin girls will secretly swap around with a boyfriend, how far they go I don't really want to speculate about. Never heard about a dude doing that, usually we're kinda possessive.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (El6/E)

191 Go Vance and team! Go!

Recover the money. Lower my taxes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (u82oZ)

192 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

They have been popping off a missile or 10 these days, in theory one might hit a ship.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (8avO+)

193 Anyone have any two-seam fastball coaching tips?

We're adding that to little flounder's arsenal this year.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (dK+Kv)

194 Sit with empty store shelves as your country runs out of gas"

The Lord Humongous nods...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (XuXeR)

195 My guess is that Katie Porter is trying to hustle Swalwell off the race.
___

Katie Porter has all the charisma (and shape) of a cold lump of mashed potatoes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Dv3i1)

196 160 Even if we don't get much oil from the Persian Gulf, who controls the Straight still affects our energy costs. You can't trust the euro weenies to do the job.

With the added A10 Warthogs deployed, I'd say take the islands in the Strait of Hormuz. They belong to us now. We control and monitor the traffic - and the tolls. This could be a revenue stream to pay down our debt.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (N39Ws)

197 161 So whatever happened to that Bongino guy?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Pushing today's podcast.

In Due Time (Ep. 2486).

In this episode, I cover Trump's message to America, huge news from the Supreme Court, and the hidden impact of widespread fraud in blue states.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (NFX2v)

198 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)


Shipping companies choosing the use the refusal of Lloyds to insure them as an excuse to stay put as a means for global companies to try and pressure Trump.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (ExV1e)

199 Anyone have any two-seam fastball coaching tips?

We're adding that to little flounder's arsenal this year.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:05 PM (dK+Kv)



Stretch, a lot.

Or, Tommy John, whichever you can afford.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

200 In his first term Trump put Pence in charge of the virus task force. Not a great decision as it turned out but it's not an uncommon thing to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

201 So the husband-and-wife scammers were raided by the FBI. This means something IS happening, correct? This is beyond an "investigation" that will be "referred" to the DoJ for "possible" "further action," right?

Its beyond the "we're looking into it" stage, at least.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (El6/E)

202 How much of an asshole do you have to be to watch your country fall back into seventh-century barbarism rather than buy oil from the United States?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

But all the new, diverse Frenchmen love it! Don't let the riots, murder and car burning fool you!!!

Posted by: Macron at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (ycI94)

203 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait"

Pretty much nothing, but it will take time to reroute shipping again...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (XuXeR)

204 My guess is that Katie Porter is trying to hustle Swalwell off the race. Presently two Republicans are taking up the top of the "jungle" primary. Which means no Democrats will be in the runoff.
If Swalwell sinks below 10%, Porter stands to benefit from whatever women are still supporting that flatulent sleaze (and from simps). This might put her in second place which means she'll win the runoff.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (gKWVE)
===============
At first blush, Katie Porter as Governor sounds entertaining as hell, but then I remember that, after Bryl Cream, California deserves a serious person.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (upe25)

205 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Shipping companies choosing the use the refusal of Lloyds to insure them as an excuse to stay put as a means for global companies to try and pressure Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (ExV1e)

Trump already offered them insurance.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (8avO+)

206 Panther pits will be cheaper than traditional prisons, recidivism will drop to zero, children can take field trips to learn about justice and zoology at the same time, and panther judges can't be bought with anything but live prey, once they've tasted it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

That's gonna take a LOT of panthers.

We can get them off the endangered species list, as well.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (N1DT3)

207
I feel sorry for the kid, but no pity for the woman at all.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

===============

Did she know she was doing two different guys?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (n7rxJ)

208 So the husband-and-wife scammers were raided by the FBI. This means something IS happening, correct? This is beyond an "investigation" that will be "referred" to the DoJ for "possible" "further action," right?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:04 PM (n7rxJ)


FBI is DOJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

209 192 This guy seems pretty reliable at monitoring shipping status in the area. Non-partisan as far as I can tell:
youtube.com/@wgowshipping

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (N8ZBc)

210 It's just so hard to wrap my mind around $50 billion in fraud especially if you honestly work long and hard and inflation continually bites you in the ass, and these bastards are living really high just faking forms to defraud the govt.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (n5tGW)

211 Boy, conservatives are not at all consistent. They were just criticizing Spain for helping that girl die; now they are complaining that these hospice patients were kept alive.

(How long before CNN says that?)

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 03:08 PM (AlhUl)

212 Not a great decision as it turned out but it's not an uncommon thing to do.

Yeah he made Pence the Voting Fraud czar which he spent two months on and gave up because states didn't want to share voter data with him

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:08 PM (El6/E)

213 Didn't Porter literally drop HOT mashed potatoes on her husband once? She has to be the worst woman in California.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 03:08 PM (gKWVE)

214 But all the new, diverse Frenchmen love it! Don't let the riots, murder and car burning fool you!!!"

Hey, look how Haiti turned out!

/the fwench

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (XuXeR)

215 >>It's just so hard to wrap my mind around $50 billion in fraud especially if you honestly work long and hard and inflation continually bites you in the ass, and these bastards are living really high just faking forms to defraud the govt.


It's gonna get worse. I've seen reports that over $100 billion in fraudulent Covid loans were given out in California alone.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (viF8m)

216 I would love to see people go to prison.

I'd also love to see people deported back to the shithole country they've been funneling MY money to.

More and more it looks like TRILLIONS of our debt is due to DEMOCRAT FRAUD.

Vote for a Democrat and I pray for The Lord to have mercy on your soul. Not that I think it will do any good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

217 206 Panther pits will be cheaper than traditional prisons, recidivism will drop to zero, children can take field trips to learn about justice and zoology at the same time, and panther judges can't be bought with anything but live prey, once they've tasted it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

That's gonna take a LOT of panthers.

We can get them off the endangered species list, as well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Have you considered cougar pits?!?!? Death by snu-snu!!!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (ycI94)

218 Shipping companies choosing the use the refusal of Lloyds to insure them as an excuse to stay put as a means for global companies to try and pressure Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (ExV1e)

Trump already offered them insurance.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:07 PM (8avO+)


That's why I said that they were making a choice and then took a stab at why they might be choosing that option.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (ExV1e)

219 We Hope's Presdent Obona becrumrs the next Attornoery General so that childrin of color our pretecorated.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (nZNS1)

220 Or, Tommy John, whichever you can afford.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

With a two-seam? Stretching is a given. But that's a relatively low-impact pitch, I thought, after four-seam and change-up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (dK+Kv)

221 210 It's just so hard to wrap my mind around $50 billion in fraud especially if you honestly work long and hard and inflation continually bites you in the ass, and these bastards are living really high just faking forms to defraud the govt.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Filling out government forms for dozens of fake companies might require hiring part time help to assist, and at California minimum wage, that starts adding up.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (Dv3i1)

222 When we say "raid" we really mean breaking down doors and bludgeoning anything that moves right?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (abIsI)

223 What if we parked a few Iowa-class battleships in the Strait

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (ZxPkt)

224 "these bastards are living really high just faking forms to defraud the govt."

The bulb-heads are not as stupid as they look, at some pursuits at least.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (N8ZBc)

225
Why should taxpayers in Vermont subsidize welfare benefits in Arkansas. Yes, I know it would be the other way round but the question stands.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


Newsom used to claim that California paid for red states welfare programs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (Cqx++)

226 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge


As long as they have one missile, no one wants to risk a sunk, leaking oil tanker in the Strait.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (J8NZO)

227 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Threats.

Threats of missiles and drones.

Ships are very expensive things and owners are risk-averse.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (N1DT3)

228 >>It's just so hard to wrap my mind around $50 billion in fraud especially if you honestly work long and hard and inflation continually bites you in the ass, and these bastards are living really high just faking forms to defraud the govt.


It's gonna get worse. I've seen reports that over $100 billion in fraudulent Covid loans were given out in California alone.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (viF8m)

Well I recall at one point in the Covid period CA hospitals admitted that about a third of the "covid" deaths were fake. I think they got fed money for that too.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)

229 198 What, exactly, is blocking the Strait? Trump said they have no navy, a rapidly dwindling pile of missiles and the IRCG is scattered in a million directions......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Shipping companies choosing the use the refusal of Lloyds to insure them as an excuse to stay put as a means for global companies to try and pressure Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:06 PM (ExV1e)

And a Quatari tanker got hit with a missile yesterday...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (tOcjL)

230 Normal people: Why is everything so expensive, why do I pay so much in taxes?!?

Lefties/the FNM: A little fraud never hurt anyone amiright?!?

Vance: Here's where all your money is going normal people and you aren't going to like it

Lefties/The FNM: Why is Vance so racist, amiright?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (sKqQm)

231 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)


I think the last VP that didn't carry out a job assigned by the President was Kamala.
Why do you think Vance is like Kamala?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

232 Threats.

Threats of missiles and drones.

Ships are very expensive things and owners are risk-averse.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:10 PM (N1DT3)

Conventional artillery, too.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (8avO+)

233 What if we parked a few Iowa-class battleships in the Strait
Posted by: Don Black


What if we glassed Kharg Island?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (J8NZO)

234 Trump already offered them insurance."

Chinese shipping? Doubt they'll take it...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (XuXeR)

235 Porter is so bad I'd rather marry Dunham.

Posted by: gKWVE doesn't have many options at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (gKWVE)

236 Pretty much nothing, but it will take time to reroute shipping again...
Posted by: man

Reroute where?

Im confused

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (yFlgz)

237 What do Democrats think of their party leaders? Not much.

https://tinyurl.com/awazzsva

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (upe25)

238 159 Vance needs to catch up with Action Marco
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 02:59 PM (MzksJ)

That's why Trump gave him the job. He needs the boost.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (fZiTB)

239 >>@AGPamBondi
·
7m
>>Over the next month I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration.

A lot more.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)

240 Didn't Porter literally drop HOT mashed potatoes on her husband once? She has to be the worst woman in California.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 03:08 PM (gKWVE)
====

Yes, something married her once.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (RIvkX)

241 And a Quatari tanker got hit with a missile yesterday..."

And didn't do much at all. Tankers are hard to take down...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (XuXeR)

242 With a two-seam? Stretching is a given. But that's a relatively low-impact pitch, I thought, after four-seam and change-up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (dK+Kv)

Go for the knuckler. Kid could pitch every game.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)

243 237 What do Democrats think of their party leaders? Not much.
____

Trump isn't in jail yet, I suspect is the reason for their discontent.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Dv3i1)

244 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.

Posted by: Braenyard


Marco was busy?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:13 PM (abIsI)

245 The average American pays about $500K in their life time in taxes.

$50B in fraud is taking the lifetime tax payment of 100,000 citizens.

All stolen

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

246 Pretty much nothing, but it will take time to reroute shipping again...
Posted by: man

Reroute where?

Im confused
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 02, 2026 03:11 PM (yFlgz)

Yeah, just run the straits like Grant ran past Vicksburg batteries twice. No problem.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)

247
With a two-seam? Stretching is a given. But that's a relatively low-impact pitch, I thought, after four-seam and change-up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:09 PM (dK+Kv)



Throwing an excessive amount of junk as a yute will destroy the youngin's arm, but there are parents out there getting their 15 and 16 year olds TJ Surgery just because.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

248 Hospice care? Dermatologist?

I'll go with bed sores for $500, Alex.

She'll skate.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (dIske)

249 Mary C. has been hitting the Sterno pretty hard, I see.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (OHfJt)

250 The average American pays about $500K in their life time in taxes.

$50B in fraud is taking the lifetime tax payment of 100,000 citizens.

All stolen
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

I've known that 90 percent of my taxes are wasted all my life.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (8avO+)

251 @AGPamBondi
·
7m
>>Over the next month I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about, and where I will continue fighting for President Trump and this Administration.

A lot more.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)




Huh. I didn't think Morning Joe fought for Trump at all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

252 >>Anyone have any two-seam fastball coaching tips?


Your Fastball is only as good as your Changeup / Curve.



Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (TLp3A)

253 Well, for starters we don't HAVE any Iowa Class battleships...

Posted by: Oh by the way at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (2Ez/1)

254 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)


I would point out also that Trump appears to like to test his people for loyalty and ability. He will get rid of people that fail him.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (rbvCR)

255 Throwing an excessive amount of junk as a yute will destroy the youngin's arm, but there are parents out there getting their 15 and 16 year olds TJ Surgery just because.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)


Only differing in specifics from the parents who allow their children to be sexually abused for music/acting money.

Junior's pain is my retirement plan.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (ExV1e)

256 I've known that 90 percent of my taxes are wasted all my life.
Posted by: Oldcat


Don't get me started talking about local property taxes.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (abIsI)

257 Is Todd Blanche amazing like Jeff Sessions amazing? Blanche was a Dem before 2024....

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (GD0B3)

258 >When we say "raid" we really mean breaking down doors and bludgeoning anything that moves right?
---

A regular Number Six, yessir

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (ZxPkt)

259 Reroute where?"

From other routes worldwide. Once the USN showed up and numbers of vessels left, they just didn't all sit at anchor. Their transponders began to spread to other routes. It'll take time to restore traffic.
It's not like a vehicle red light...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (XuXeR)

260 250 The Lessons of 2008:

1) Everything is fraud.
2) Fraudsters get govt bailouts.
3) YOLO.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (N8ZBc)

261 I've known that 90 percent of my taxes are wasted all my life.

If the GOP wants to win this is a point they have to keep hammering.

The left/FNM keep saying prices/taxes are high because "the rich don't pay their fair share!"

Counter it. Something the GOPe doesn't generally. Explain almost all of this money is flat out stolen.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (sKqQm)

262 https://is.gd/3oqZIx

If not JD, then who? Obviously Rubio and DeSantis, but anyone else I'm missing?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (Riz8t)

263 I've known that 90 percent of my taxes are wasted all my life.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (8avO+)


Cheer up, just remember that everything you earned in a year they spent in less than a day, so it didn't do them much good in the long term!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (rbvCR)

264
Billions in California

Billions in Minnesota


Wait till they take on Michigan, NJ, NY, IL and AZ...........WA, OR......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

================

All those governors have their answers ready, guaranteed.

[shoulders squared, jaws set] "We took immediate action when we learned of these cases, and our efforts saved our state over $67 billion in illegal payouts. No one gets away with defrauding the California/Arizona/New York taxpayer on my watch!"

Same sort of drivel will come out of their mouths in presidential debate, whoever the candidate is. I hope our candidate is prepared to call them lousy organizers, lousy guarantors of the public trust, lazy-ass overseers, people who sat on their asses while a QUARTER of their welfare cases went to fraudsters and who didn't get up until Trump's administration got busy, etc.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (n7rxJ)

265 Tina Peter’s 9 year prison sentence suspended—for now at least

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (e4Zyo)

266 Well, for starters we don't HAVE any Iowa Class battleships...
Posted by: Oh by the way at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (2Ez/1)

The New Jersey is just sitting there in Camden.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)

267 Huh. I didn't think Morning Joe fought for Trump at all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)


Not to worry. Now we'll have an AG who'll make zero media appearances and accomplish no more than Bondi.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (ExV1e)

268 Mary C. has been hitting the Sterno pretty hard, I see.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (OHfJt)


Ya gotta love it when she gets tipsy...and frisky.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (2WIwB)

269 Vance is doing it because Trump made him an offer he could not refuse.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (GD0B3)

270 Vance can catch a thief. But can he feed him to a panther?

No. And that's not his job. It's my job.

YD for AG. Contact your Senator.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (BI5O2)

271 "Apparently there are millions of terminally ill patients dying of Problem Acne."

It could happen

Posted by: Canada MAID service at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (53oGX)

272 https://is.gd/3oqZIx

If not JD, then who? Obviously Rubio and DeSantis, but anyone else I'm missing?


Oops. That was supposed to be an Ace quote about JD.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:17 PM (Riz8t)

273 The VP doesn't have a formal portfolio - it would make sense Trump would send him where he needs results.

And obviously he hasn't been happy with Bondi, so sending Trump to do DOJ related activities makes sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

274 Well, for starters we don't HAVE any Iowa Class battleships...
Posted by: Oh by the way at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (2Ez/1)

Oddly, I see a video clip on ewetub right now from Battleship New Jersey that they are test firing the guns for the first time since 1990. For some reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

275 I feel like it's a little unfair to say you don't support JD Vance anymore because of the worst elements of those that do.

That would be a bit like saying you don't support Trump because at one point Milo Yiannofaggot supported Trump.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (oqH4h)

276 OK, back to Bondi?

Hindustan Times, Pam Bondi firing row: Ex-AG begged Trump to not oust her; key Eric Swalwell link revealed in final conversation
Pam Bondi is gone. The 60-year-old was fired as the Attorney General on Thursday.
2 April 2026

🤔 But Eric just spent 2 days slapped across a lot of headlines: 'As of April 2026, he is involved in a lawsuit against Donald Trump regarding the January 6, 2021, attack.' (AI Overview)

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (NFX2v)

277 Huh. I didn't think Morning Joe Everytown fought for Trump at all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (abIsI)

278 I would point out also that Trump appears to like to test his people for loyalty and ability. He will get rid of people that fail him.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 03:15 PM (rbvCR)


Can't fire the VP. He was elected.

And Trump isn't running again. He could withhold his endorsement but that's about it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (ExV1e)

279 "If not JD, then who?"

A guy with expertise in investigating and prosecuting fraud. If you can't find one of those, go with a forensic accountant or auditor.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

280 Only differing in specifics from the parents who allow their children to be sexually abused for music/acting money.

Junior's pain is my retirement plan.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (ExV1e)



I don't disagree. Coaches and $$$$ has destroyed youth sports, mostly. The pressure on these kids to perform and younger and younger ages so coaches can rack up wins and better jobs at the cost of kids is heartbreaking to me.

No one should be allowed to throw specific pitches until their Jr. or Sr. years of High School at the earliest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

281 John Thune is busy courting positive press coverage, claiming to have delivered "a dose of reality" to Trump on funding DHS. Trump is a man of infinite patience, dealing with retarded people like GOPe Senators.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (upe25)

282 What's a Todd Blanche?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (2Ez/1)

283 Mary C. has been hitting the Sterno pretty hard, I see.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (OHfJt)


It's the stupidest, unfunny sock on here. Thus a stain on Rush's memory.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (GD0B3)

284 50 bil a year is the kind of money you atart hanging people over

Or topple governments for failing to clean it up

How much you wanna bet Bondi slow walked aome of this, thus Vance was given it

Posted by: heya at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (RW4Zm)

285 Battleship New Jersey that they are test firing the guns for the first time since 1990."

Don't tease me...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (XuXeR)

286 Reroute where?"

From other routes worldwide. Once the USN showed up and numbers of vessels left, they just didn't all sit at anchor. Their transponders began to spread to other routes. It'll take time to restore traffic.
It's not like a vehicle red light...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:16 PM (XuXeR)

I'm sure the companies can figure out a possible route for delivery in minutes. Especially for oil.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)

287 Cheer up, just remember that everything you earned in a year they spent in less than a day, so it didn't do them much good in the long term!

The Somali Learing Center case was just under $2M. So 4 Americans worked their whole lifetime to pay for that.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)

288
When we say "raid" we really mean breaking down doors and bludgeoning anything that moves right?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

===============

If you're talking about that kindly couple with all the hospice centers, yes.

By the way, what kind of names are Amelou (female) and Gladwin (male)? Last name Gill.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (n7rxJ)

289 What's a Todd Blanche?

==

I am gonna go with "potential backstabber" for now....

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (GD0B3)

290 Throwing an excessive amount of junk as a yute will destroy the youngin's arm, but there are parents out there getting their 15 and 16 year olds TJ Surgery just because.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

Reading Tiger Woods talking about how many back and leg surgeries he's had makes me glad I ended my running career once my knees had an issue.

I can still walk today without pain and I know a lot of runners that can't.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (N1DT3)

291 So, jail time.

Three months?

Four?

May I recommend human centipeding them together until the money is paid back in full? Their families too.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 03:20 PM (Sco7b)

292 I'm sure the companies can figure out a possible route for delivery in minutes. Especially for oil"

Sure. Right after this contract is up. At 8 knots...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR)

293 "If not JD, then who?"

A guy with expertise in investigating and prosecuting fraud. If you can't find one of those, go with a forensic accountant or auditor.


I was unclear. I was talking about JD for president.

I'll come in again.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)

294 "If not JD, then who?"

A guy with expertise in investigating and prosecuting fraud. If you can't find one of those, go with a forensic accountant or auditor.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

Those guys you hire UNDER Vance instead of wasting their time doing pressers. Come On.

Put Big Balls on their computers.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)

295 Oddly, I see a video clip on ewetub right now from Battleship New Jersey that they are test firing the guns for the first time since 1990. For some reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM
####

Don't know anything about it.

Posted by: YouTube channels created by AI bots at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (2Ez/1)

296
At first blush, Katie Porter as Governor sounds entertaining as hell

Posted by: Huck Follywood

================

That's not funny, it's sick.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (n7rxJ)

297 How about for every $1M stolen you lose an appendage? Then if you hit $6M we remove your head too?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

298 Don't tease me...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (XuXeR)

This was posted yesterday. Just started watching it. He already backed off and said they were firing a gun in the parking lot. Think it might be April Fools.

https://youtu.be/u9xcGBScuKA?
si=8SAf07dLnPS2jVYj

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

299 >>Hindustan Times, Pam Bondi firing row: Ex-AG begged Trump to not oust her; key Eric Swalwell link revealed in final conversation
Pam Bondi is gone. The 60-year-old was fired as the Attorney General on Thursday.
2 April 2026

Every single article about this is based off reporting from a single reporter with the Daily Mail.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (viF8m)

300
Reading Tiger Woods talking about how many back and leg surgeries he's had makes me glad I ended my running career once my knees had an issue.

I can still walk today without pain and I know a lot of runners that can't.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (N1DT3)



Tiger was on HGH and his muscles outworked his skeletal structure. He fractured his f*cking knee swinging a golf club, ferchryssakes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

301 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.
Posted by: Don Black


What an odd way to say "We won't conduct any hostilities against the US."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (a+4eV)

302 Throwing an excessive amount of junk as a yute will destroy the youngin's arm, but there are parents out there getting their 15 and 16 year olds TJ Surgery just because.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

That is something I've heard, adding a few MPH. Insane; not doing that. Not interested in throwing junk, either. Two-seam seems tame. No curves, sliders, etc. at this level.

We're just looking to keep his interest by adding something new and have him start to get in batters' heads.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (dK+Kv)

303 279 "If not JD, then who?"

A guy with expertise in investigating and prosecuting fraud. If you can't find one of those, go with a forensic accountant or auditor.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

Vance had 2 years as a corporate lawyer at a prestigious firm and 1 year as a clerk for a judge...

Which isn't a lot, but when we're talking about Zeldin as AG, seems like all that's needed to do a "look into business fraud" type job...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (tOcjL)

304 I'm sure the companies can figure out a possible route for delivery in minutes. Especially for oil"

Sure. Right after this contract is up. At 8 knots...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR)

if there is a contract, then they know where to go. This makes no sense.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)

305 293 Ooops, my mistake. That said, those are good qualities for a prez too, among others.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (N8ZBc)

306 We'll also send the Yorktown and the Essex!

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (ZxPkt)

307 A golf swing is not a natural movement. Most of the top tier guys fuck up their backs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

308 Go for the knuckler. Kid could pitch every game.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)

Thought about it. I don't think he's fast enough to get appreciable movement, so it would just be a big, fat, slow meatball.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (dK+Kv)

309 Every single article about this is based off reporting from a single reporter with the Daily Mail./i]

I assume then the Swalwell thing is included so that Trump can trace the leak

Tell one group it was Swalwell, another it was Russiagate, another it was Somali fraud and so on and then see what the FNM starts saying was the reason

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)

310 As AG, my biggest challenge will be to keep our precious panthers from growing too fat. To that end, I will develop Pantherbell and Pantherfit training regimens to keep the Panthers of State lean, mean, and ready to render important Court orders.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (BI5O2)

311 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Translation: We surrender!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (Riz8t)

312 if there is a contract, then they know where to go. This makes no sense."

? They're running elsewhere. It'll take time to restore traffic.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)

313 Oddly, I see a video clip on ewetub right now from Battleship New Jersey that they are test firing the guns for the first time since 1990. For some reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM
####

Don't know anything about it.
Posted by: YouTube channels created by AI bots at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (2Ez/1)

They have been doing work on the underside these last years to keep it working for the next few decades.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:24 PM (8avO+)

314 n Miracle Factories have achieved a ninety-seven plus percent survival rate."

______________________________________


Was this where Jimmuh Carter was ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 02, 2026 03:24 PM (NtVYv)

315 Vance had 2 years as a corporate lawyer at a prestigious firm and 1 year as a clerk for a judge...

Which isn't a lot, but when we're talking about Zeldin as AG, seems like all that's needed to do a "look into business fraud" type job...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (tOcjL)


Whoever is heading a task force, or acting as AG, isn't looking into anything. They're a personnel manager.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:24 PM (ExV1e)

316 Probably already mentioned?

Another element of hospice care is pain med prescriptions. It’s common for each patient to be prescribed morphine and other drugs to minimize pain since they are not treated for life threatening conditions.

Bet they are also into the drug business as well as fraud.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:25 PM (4KUe5)

317
>>Dr. Oz told the California Post that CMS has suspended "hundreds" of hospice licenses in California.

===============

And that's all that happens to those people. As we type, they're lining up their next grift.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:25 PM (n7rxJ)

318 That is something I've heard, adding a few MPH. Insane; not doing that. Not interested in throwing junk, either. Two-seam seems tame. No curves, sliders, etc. at this level.

We're just looking to keep his interest by adding something new and have him start to get in batters' heads.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (dK+Kv)



First Daughter played softball for years. She wanted to learn how to pitch. We ended up getting a private lesson guy who was really good and reasonably priced. He did wonders for her. She was of small stature, but was still throwing 50mph at 14 years old.

Find a coach. One you agree with and the kid respects. Easier said than done, sure, but you won't regret it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:25 PM (Zz0t1)

319 Bet they are also into the drug business as well as fraud.

A common theme in fiction is medical workers stealing pain meds. I assume there is a real world basis in it but I have no real data

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)

320 Bet they are also into the drug business as well as fraud."

Sigh. You're probably right.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (XuXeR)

321 Why?

Posted by: UA113 a

take a guess. I'm tired of people I've never seen before coming in here to defend Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
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Ace, Tucker dresses well and is kind to dogs.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (n17eQ)

322 246
Yeah, just run the straits like Grant ran past Vicksburg batteries twice. No problem.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)

I'd much rather go through Kharg and the other islands in the Strait of Hormuz in a similar way that Sherman went through Atlanta. Twice.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (N39Ws)

323 254 Don't understand why Vance is doing this. This is a job for the DOJ. Is Trump pissed at Vance? Or does he think Vance needs the experience? This is not a job for the Vice-President.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (YvvFZ)

I would point out also that Trump appears to like to test his people for loyalty and ability. He will get rid of people that fail him.
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He seems to praise Marco all the time. Vance, not so much.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (G0vdT)

324 Travel sports are an insane racket that destroy kids' bodies and parents' bank accounts, for no real reason.

The odds that your kid is ever going to go pro in literally anything are infinitesimally small.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (oqH4h)

325 When we say "raid" we really mean breaking down doors and bludgeoning anything that moves right?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

===============

If you're talking about that kindly couple with all the hospice centers, yes.

By the way, what kind of names are Amelou (female) and Gladwin (male)? Last name Gill.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:19 PM (n7rxJ)
_________

The guy (based on the pics) is some kind of Indian or Pakistani or similar. Maybe Moroccan? I can't find a pic of the woman. His daughter (?) looks like a OF THOT.

https://seraphimhealth.wordpress.com/test/

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

326 Go for the knuckler. Kid could pitch every game.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)

Thought about it. I don't think he's fast enough to get appreciable movement, so it would just be a big, fat, slow meatball.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (dK+Kv)

The knuck doesn't have to be super fast or super slow which is why it was the career saver when fireballer Jim Bouton picked it up after messing up his elbow in the 60s. He couldn't throw a curve after that. His book "Ball Four" is a hoot.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)

327 Why?

Posted by: UA113 a

take a guess. I'm tired of people I've never seen before coming in here to defend Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
---------------
Ace, Tucker dresses well and is kind to dogs.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (n17eQ)

So you're saying Tucker isn't a musselmen yet.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (N1DT3)

328 Another point in all this is that the left runs around saying the government is underfunding healthcare killing millions.

One of the easiest ways to spend more real dollars on healthcare is to stop fraud so if the left believes what they say they should be even more angry about fraud then we are.

And yet...they do not care. At all.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

329 I'd much rather go through Kharg and the other islands in the Strait of Hormuz in a similar way that Sherman went through Atlanta. Twice"

Leave the facilities. Anyone in the way gets it...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (XuXeR)

330 I was unclear. I was talking about JD for president.

I'll come in again.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)


sadly the support from the pundit-sphere and GOP party politics is not "who will be the best person for the job," but "who will be the best person for MY job."
Vance is not connected to old money and old power centers, and most of the big punditry is deeply tied to those.
He IS tied to new money and tech bros, and he IS charming and dedicated, and he did grow up in one of the disposable fly-over states IS the son of an addict who's drugs came through a network overseen by cartels, the CIA and enabled by foreign wars.

He has the wrong friends and the wrong relatives, and as usual they do not call him white trash because he is disposable, they call him white trash as a pretext for disposing of him.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (rbvCR)

331 Dammit, we've lost in Iran for sure.

A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated.

https://is.gd/8C2SQg

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

332 Travel sports are an insane racket that destroy kids' bodies and parents' bank accounts, for no real reason.

The odds that your kid is ever going to go pro in literally anything are infinitesimally small.

Posted by: ballistic at April 02, 2026 03:26 PM (oqH4h)

Don't care about pro. College level is a nice thought, which could keep them focused while pursuing a degree instead of tail and alcohol. I am not destroying their bodies for kids' sports, that is a given.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

333 So I think Fu*er Carlson was at Jan 6

Color me shocked.

My brother and I were lucky to get out of there.

Posted by: Lin-Duh at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (51TOp)

334 A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated.

https://is.gd/8C2SQg

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)




*knock knock knock*

"Pizza guy."

"Who?"

"Pizza guy........I'm not a Jew."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

335 Vance/Rubio'28: It's About Fucking Time

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (4NO2D)

336 315 Vance had 2 years as a corporate lawyer at a prestigious firm and 1 year as a clerk for a judge...

Which isn't a lot, but when we're talking about Zeldin as AG, seems like all that's needed to do a "look into business fraud" type job...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 03:22 PM (tOcjL)

Whoever is heading a task force, or acting as AG, isn't looking into anything. They're a personnel manager.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 03:24 PM (ExV1e)

Anyone in charge needs to know HOW to do the job, even if they don't do the job. If you don't know what you're talking about, you just get rolled by zealot liberal underlings who can sell you any story they want...

So, you need a base minimum knowledge and experience. So, you can't have a non courtroom lawyer head up an eventual prosecutorial exercise...and this fraud thing will be a prosecutorial exercise at some point, if it means to be successful...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (tOcjL)

337 He seems to praise Marco all the time. Vance, not so much.

Marco is the greatest Sec State in American history. Comparing Vance to him is a bit unfair to Vance...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

338 Dammit, we've lost in Iran for sure.

A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated.

https://is.gd/8C2SQg

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

I love this because it makes it clear normal Iranians are MORE than happy to tell Israel where to find the Iranian "Leaders".

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (N1DT3)

339 Vance needs to embrace Chain Denaturizationand Deportation when it comes to these fraudsters.

By all means, prosecute and punish them, but the rest of the family has to go back to the homeland. Don’t care if some were born here.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (4KUe5)

340 He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated.

https://is.gd/8C2SQg

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

Way to be the strong horse, dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

341 If you are in hospice, you DEFINITELY have no health for which to care.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 03:29 PM (E6xSb)

342 "If not JD, then who?"

A guy with expertise in investigating and prosecuting fraud. If you can't find one of those, go with a forensic accountant or auditor.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

Would you settle for a few dudes in Minneapolis who can recognize Somalians and refer them to the 8th District's panther pits?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice for Attorney General at April 02, 2026 03:30 PM (BI5O2)

343 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

Translation: We surrender!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (Riz8t)

Wow, I'm uh..shocked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 03:30 PM (snZF9)

344 justice dot gov
Central District of California
Press Release
8 Arrested in Health Care Fraud Takedown, Including Owners of Hospices that Billed Taxpayers Millions of Dollars to Serve the ‘Dying’
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Under MEDICARE HOSPICE CARE FRAUD -
Gladwin Gill, a 66-year-old psychologist, and his wife, Amelou Gill, a 70-year-old registered nurse...

There's also several cases under Private Health Care Plan Fraud and Immigration Health Care Fraud

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:30 PM (NFX2v)

345 “The National Provider Identifier”

Of?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 03:30 PM (E6xSb)

346 Dammit, we've lost in Iran for sure.

A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated.

https://is.gd/8C2SQg

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

That's the kind of appeal that is 110 percent gonna be followed by a people you just murdered 40000 of.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:30 PM (8avO+)

347 So you're saying Tucker isn't a musselmen yet.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (N1DT3)
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I don't care what kind of seafood he eats, he's a nitwit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 03:31 PM (OHfJt)

348 The knuck doesn't have to be super fast or super slow which is why it was the career saver when fireballer Jim Bouton picked it up after messing up his elbow in the 60s. He couldn't throw a curve after that. His book "Ball Four" is a hoot.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)

Typical knuckle balls are mid 60s plus. My guy may just yet be hitting low 50s.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:31 PM (dK+Kv)

349 One of the easiest ways to spend more real dollars on healthcare is to stop fraud "

So, both parents on hospice (one left), my out of pocket has been $$$.

Can I "interrogate" some of the fraudsters?

*looks at LS size 34 over in corner*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:31 PM (XuXeR)

350 >>French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.


TBF - France still has their nuclear reactors, as far as I know. Of all the Eurofags, they can at least provide electricity for their people.

The rest of Europe...not so much.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:31 PM (TLp3A)

351 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.
Posted by: Don Black

What part of cheese eating surrender monkeys don't you understand?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:32 PM (ndZc7)

352 18-1, don’t forget another method of reducing healthcare costs: deport illegals.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 03:32 PM (4KUe5)

353 "Would you settle for a few dudes in Minneapolis who can recognize Somalians and refer them to the 8th District's panther pits?"

I would not rule it out. We could quibble about the frickin laser beams on the cats' heads. Green, or red?

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:32 PM (N8ZBc)

354 >>Anyone in charge needs to know HOW to do the job, even if they don't do the job.

Not really. A task force is no different from any senior executive. Trump runs the entire Exec Branch which is not really different from a large task force.

I don't think Trump can fly a fighter jet or try a case in court. He has sub managers who manage the individual agencies. Vance's job is to organize and manage the entire team. He doesn't need to know how the run CMS or the DOJ.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 03:32 PM (viF8m)

355 Ace, Tucker dresses well and is kind to dogs.

Its true, I have never seen him fry a dog with a shock collar on a stream.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:33 PM (El6/E)

356 >>Typical knuckle balls are mid 60s plus. My guy may just yet be hitting low 50s.


Work on his accuracy and his Changeup.

That's all he'll need until he develops enough to add something that moves into his repertoire.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:33 PM (TLp3A)

357 Hey! Has anyone heard the news? Bondi's out.😏

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 03:33 PM (g8Ew8)

358 Actually, France is pre-surrendering

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)

359 Hey! Has anyone heard the news? Bondi's out."

NOOOOOO

/ heh

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (XuXeR)

360
The Washington Post
Oil prices jump after Trump demands others ‘take the lead’ on Hormuz Strait, minutes ago

Of course France, among others, was going to screw the US.

They detest this administration.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (NFX2v)

361 I guess no more manly hand shakes between Macron and Trump.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (G0vdT)

362 Most of the top tier guys fuck up their backs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)


So it's better they just work on their putts.

Posted by: Skroob at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (gKWVE)

363 18-1, don’t forget another method of reducing healthcare costs: deport illegals.

That's true as well, but I am engaging the left on their own terms here. They excuse illegals for various reasons fine.

Why don't you want deep investigations into healthcare fraud to punish people stealing government healthcare dollars?

And the question answers itself doesn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

364 Work on his accuracy and his Changeup.

That's all he'll need until he develops enough to add something that moves into his repertoire.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:33 PM (TLp3A)

We're working on adding speed this year, and getting back/improving accuracy. He already whiffs solid hitters above his age with fastball/changeup. It's fun to watch.

Next is two-seam.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:35 PM (dK+Kv)

365 "Hey! Has anyone heard the news? Bondi's out."

Nasdaq down 0.1% on the news.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:35 PM (N8ZBc)

366
Of course France, among others, was going to screw the US.

They detest this administration.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:34 PM (NFX2v)



Because Trump showed him up on the world stage. Remember that meeting with Zelenzkyyy when Macron thought he was invited?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

367 She has to be the worst woman in California.
Dude, that's an EXTREMELY high bar.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 02, 2026 03:35 PM (XMwZJ)

368 Anchor babies are FRAUD.

Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2026 03:36 PM (KtOUo)

369 "Hospice care is care for the terminally ill. It can be expensive, but the care is brief: Most people who enter hospice care die within two or three weeks."


Our WWII neighbor in CT went into hospice when the doctor's said he had about 6-8 weeks to live. They sent him home six months later. He lived for three more years. Every time I saw him after that I remarked he looked real good for a dead man.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 02, 2026 03:36 PM (0N4FZ)

370 >>French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.


TBF - France still has their nuclear reactors, as far as I know. Of all the Eurofags, they can at least provide electricity for their people.

The rest of Europe...not so much.
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:31 PM (TLp3A)

So the first step of Kier's "pretend I'm doing something Summit" is a statement that they can't force Iran to do anything. Things are going fine.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)

371 She'll be spending more time with her private sector.

Posted by: Breaking news at April 02, 2026 03:36 PM (2Ez/1)

372 Schwab informs me they are ready to trade crypto. Brave new world.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:37 PM (N8ZBc)

373
Here's the other defense:

Dr. Javaherian claimed she was a victim of fraud and that her NPI was stolen through HospiceMD — an electronic medical records and software platform — and that she had raised the alarm many times.

So the HospiceMD guy weighed in: HospiceMD does not manage individual user accounts, and it responds to all fraud allegations. HospiceMD hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing either.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:37 PM (n7rxJ)

374 Schwab informs me they are ready to trade crypto. Brave new world.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:37 PM (N8ZBc)

Now crypto is boring and conservative?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 03:37 PM (dK+Kv)

375 Oddly, I see a video clip on ewetub right now from Battleship New Jersey that they are test firing the guns for the first time since 1990. For some reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:18 PM


I still have a VHS tape of the Iraqis trying to surrender to a UAV that was directing gun fire from the NJ.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 03:37 PM (2WIwB)

376 The first knuckleball I ever saw make me literally laugh and guffaw my way to a called strike. It was coming at me with the seam like a smiling face, gently rocking from side to side.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:38 PM (4NO2D)

377 357 Hey! Has anyone heard the news? Bondi's out.😏
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons


Besties with Eric Swalwell evidently BUT, she was doing a great job!!!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:38 PM (abIsI)

378 11 JUST IN: 🇫🇷 French President Macron says any military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz would be unrealistic.

But hiding a first 'lady' with balls is easy?




Damnit. Ralphy, feeling much better came barreling down the 5 carpeted steps and wiped out. He's alright. Scared the hell out of me. I usually hold his collar as he's going down them but he was sleeping.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (Sco7b)

379 Upchuck 3 continues to Upchuck.

Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)

380 376 The first knuckleball I ever saw make me literally laugh and guffaw my way to a called strike. It was coming at me with the seam like a smiling face, gently rocking from side to side.
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The thing to worry about a floater is where it will end up.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (n17eQ)

381 Upchuck 3 continues to Upchuck.

Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)

Afraid of being struck by lightning I gather.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (8avO+)

382 >>We're working on adding speed this year, and getting back/improving accuracy. He already whiffs solid hitters above his age with fastball/changeup. It's fun to watch.


Get a piece of plywood that is larger than the strike zone.

Drill several holes in it, bit enough for a Softball to pass through. Number them / Color them...whatever. Make the kid pitch to those holes until he can thread those needles at will.
Then rotate 90 degrees, rinse and repeat.

Repetition. It builds muscle memory.

Same approach as hitting off a tee.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (TLp3A)

383
Central District of California
Press Release
8 Arrested in Health Care Fraud Takedown, Including Owners of Hospices that Billed Taxpayers Millions of Dollars to Serve the ‘Dying’
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Under MEDICARE HOSPICE CARE FRAUD -
Gladwin Gill, a 66-year-old psychologist, and his wife, Amelou Gill, a 70-year-old registered nurse...

There's also several cases under Private Health Care Plan Fraud and Immigration Health Care Fraud

Posted by: L - No nic

================

So, Rob Bonta bravely jumps on the bandwagon, ready to take credit?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (n7rxJ)

384 Besties with Eric Swalwell evidently BUT, she was doing a great job!!!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:38 PM (abIsI)
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If this true (big if), how did those two become "friends".

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (G0vdT)

385 I bought a small amount of crypto in my investment account. I thought it would be a good inflation hedge but Trump tackled Bidenflation so...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (sKqQm)

386 Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Why doesn't he just convert already?

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

387 Besties with Eric Swalwell evidently BUT, she was doing a great job!!!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:38 PM (abIsI)

Bondi was besties with swalwell? Seriously?? If true that is sooo uncool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (snZF9)

388 Nood. Space.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (zZu0s)

389 A block in the Strait of Hormuz—a crucial artery for 20% of global oil—would most severely impact Asian economies due to high import dependency, particularly China, India, Japan, and South Korea. Pakistan and Bangladesh are also exceptionally vulnerable due to limited alternative energy sources, potentially forcing emergency measures. AI Overview, citing CNBC among other.

So not just China.

And Iran has been employing cluster bombs against Israel.

amnestyusa org, Israel

'Iran’s Missile Strike That Killed Nine Civilians ‘Must Be Investigated as a War Crime’ March 31, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (NFX2v)

390 "Now crypto is boring and conservative?"

I remember when BTC hit $8K, I said 'Welp, too late now to get on that Tulip Train.'

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (N8ZBc)

391 Anchor babies are FRAUD.

Yeah but the President's lawyer did a terrible job making his case, it was depressing. I predict a 7-2 loss for he constitution and America.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (El6/E)

392 Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Why doesn't he just convert already?
Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

I think by rule the King must be CofE. Rumors that one was catholic set off a Revolution in 1688

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (8avO+)

393
If this true (big if), how did those two become "friends".
Posted by: WisRich


She had a thing for Fang?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 03:41 PM (abIsI)

394 Why doesn't he just convert already?
Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM


He can't admit that he's already converted. He's the freaking head of the Gay Church of England.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (4NO2D)

395 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

396
Anyway, I hope there's a few more of these late-night raids. That Gill couple in cuffs and PJs looking all stunned might scare a few people.

Better still if the FBI starts raiding the passive facilitators who failed to report these crimes, with a loud warning that if you know anything, you are legally obligated to speak up, and you could be jailed if you don't.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 03:43 PM (n7rxJ)

397 Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Why doesn't he just convert already?

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

The UK is done, over, shotski. A muslim cesspool island with a retarded king and a PM with a vag. A conquered, defeated, rotting corpse of a country. Its the end of the brits as we know it...and I feel fine.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (snZF9)

398 I'm going to cry.

Posted by: Nav Gewsom at April 02, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

399 French surrendering without a shot fired let's you know some things never do change.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 03:47 PM (n5tGW)

400 379 Upchuck 3 continues to Upchuck.

Report: King Charles won't issue an Easter message this year (he released one for Ramadan)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)
He's out of the closet.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 03:48 PM (LHPAg)

401 > And didn't do much at all. Tankers are hard to take down...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 03:12 PM (XuXeR)

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

Posted by: Hard aground on Bligh Reef at April 02, 2026 03:50 PM (IG3/x)

402 Anyone have any two-seam fastball coaching tips?


Overhand 2 seam ain't a 3/4 2 seam, much less a sidearm 2 seam.

Posted by: MkY at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (q6tQZ)

403 I've been doing HC fraud for almost 25 years, and since I'm almost 29, I started in my yute. Could tell crazy stories. Matter of fact, look up Acrotomophilia and Apotemnophilia and that was wrapped up in one of my cases.

Posted by: Fish at April 02, 2026 04:05 PM (FmCHY)

404 Anyone have any two-seam fastball coaching tips?

Yank down hard.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 02, 2026 04:14 PM (4NO2D)

405 Travel sports are an insane racket that destroy kids' bodies and parents' bank accounts, for no real reason.
Posted by: ballistic
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Bank account, sorta. Body, no. The Army did a hell of a lot more damage in 20+ years to my lifer son's body than playing hockey in 4 states and Canada for 11.
Plus, he had a helluva good time, and I drank a lot of beer in Pizza parlors all over the west.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 04:18 PM (DAQKj)

406 A block in the Strait of Hormuz—a crucial artery for 20% of global oil—would most severely impact Asian economies due to high import dependency, particularly China, India, Japan, and South Korea. Pakistan and Bangladesh are also exceptionally vulnerable due to limited alternative energy sources, potentially forcing emergency measures. AI Overview, citing CNBC among other.
Posted by: L - No nic..
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Again.
Block oil and/or fuel exports, except to Japan and S. Korea.
US fuel prices plummet, European prices rocket.
Now, UK, France, Spain, etc. What are you going to do?

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 04:27 PM (DAQKj)

407 This just in! Francisco Franco is still dead! Updates at 11:00

Posted by: DBCooper at April 02, 2026 04:33 PM (/PTz1)

408 IIRC, the case worker when my brother went into hospice for COPD was 3 to 4 months, up to 6.

Posted by: Advo at April 02, 2026 04:50 PM (jO4mz)

409 After all the illegals in our country, this chronic fraud against us is my issue to fight for.
Every dollar, over a million, in my taxes, may have been stolen.
All wasted.
I am so angry I could punch a Californian.

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at April 02, 2026 09:22 PM (Or0UZ)

Breaking: Multiple Reports That Trump Has Told Pam Bondi That Her Time as AG Is Coming to an End

Update: She's been fired now?

Trump posted that Todd Blanche will be acting AG.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

The claim is that he is pre-firing her, I guess. Telling her to prepare her resume and make up a reason why she is voluntarily leaving the job.

Is this true? No idea, of course.

Poltiico:

Bondi on the brink?

By JACK BLANCHARD with DASHA BURNS


...

WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT: Dasha last night confirmed those buzzy NYT and CNN scoops that Pam Bondi will likely soon be OUT as attorney general.

Bondi beached: A person close to the White House tells Dasha that when Trump met EPA boss Lee Zeldin on Tuesday to discuss last year's California wildfires, Trump also discussed the potential of tapping him for the AG role. (CNN and the NYT last night both named Zeldin as the most likely successor.) A second person familiar with the situation tells Dasha that Bondi will be out imminently.

Epstein strikes again: Rumors of Bondi's departure are hardly new, but it seems the mood has shifted against her in recent days. The AG has been under pressure since last summer over her ill-fated handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files inquiry, with even close ally Susie Wiles admitting Bondi "completely whiffed" her response. Trump has also long been frustrated over the DOJ's failure to successfully prosecute his enemies, and readers will no doubt recall the infamous "Pam" message that Trump accidentally posted onto social media last year.

Zeld-IN? By contrast, Trump has repeatedly showered praise on Zeldin for his work at the EPA. Zeldin worked as a New York attorney in his 20s, and as a House representative during the first Trump administration became known for his hawkish support of Trump's various legal battles and pursuits.

Non-denial denial: A statement issued to CNN and the NYT shows Trump voicing personal support for Bondi. "Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job," the president said, which is hardly a guarantee of her future status. Bondi accompanied Trump to the Supreme Court yesterday morning and was in the audience for his address to the nation last night. Zeldin was also there.

The New York Post:

President Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday that she would be out as head of the Department of Justice, a source with knowledge of the conversation told The Post on Thursday.

Bondi was at the White House to attend Trump's address to the nation on the Iran war, and earlier had accompanied the president to the Supreme Court to watch oral arguments in a major birthright citizenship case.

Fox News said Trump will replace Bondi with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the interim attorney general.

Trump is expected to soon make a formal announcement.

The White House did not directly address the report, but pointed The Post to a quote from the president praising Bondi.

So Fox is confirming it.

Unexpected, at least to me.

Update: Sorry to push unvetted info, but a commenter posted this and I'm going to repeat it even while declaring "I don't know if this is anywhere close to true."

Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI's efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

I'm still trying to figure out where this comes from.

Update to last post: At an Easter event, Trump told Erika Kirk that she should "sue their asses," speaking about her professional defamers like low-IQ schizophrenic DEI podcaster Candace Owens.

Owens says that the only reason Erika Kirk would have to sue her would be that she is "making fun" of her "best friend's" grieving widow, and then says this proves that the "Israelis are in charge" and that Trump is now fully Jewish.

This is the woman the site's current Nazi Troll tells me I have to align with Because Reasons.

The Nazis defend her because she routinely says things like "the Israelis are totally in charge now" and "Trump is now fully Jewish." But when you object to Candace Owens telling lie after defamatory lie about a grieving widow who appears to be a nice normie mom, they always say the same thing: You're only against her defaming a grieving widow in the most evil and demonic way possible because you're obsessed with Israel.

No, Nazis. I condemn someone for telling countless vicious lies about a grieving widow -- and suggesting that her wheelchair-bound dying mother is faking for money and sympathy -- because these are inherently, on-their-face evil actions that any right-thinking moral person should condemn uniquivocally.

You, on the other hand, refuse to condemn these lies, because YOU are obsessed with Israel. You have too few prominent Nazi agitators to cut one loose just because she's been on a deranged campaign for almost a year to put Erika Kirk through her own conspiracy-theory Calvary. We don't condemn Candace Owens' breathtakingly evil defamations "because of Jews" -- but you sure as shit embrace this evil because of Jews.

So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:12 PM




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1 St?

Posted by: Clay at April 02, 2026 01:12 PM (sWdhC)

2 Nood Bondi > Nude Bondi

Take my mancard if you must

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

3 The good thing about reposting a wall of text is you can add paragraph spacers:

Bondi was friends with Ben Crump and helped sink the country into racial despair for Little Trayvon. Bad on guns too.

Not sure what part she played in the Epstein Op that was intended to overshadow Trump's Third Term and take him down for good.

A real useless waste of space and that's the charitable read. If she's gone good riddance but I'm not sure she's gone.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (kNAyK)

4 See the reason Candace Owens turned out batnuts is because she refused my invitation to sit on my face and instead married a british mimbo

Im not even convinced the kids they have are sired by him, theres probably some time traveling Paolo in the mix somewhere porking her so she can have the child that will eventually lead the resistance against the ChatGPT powered terminators in 2065

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (REq0p)

5 Telling her to prepare her resume and make up a reason why she is voluntarily leaving the job.

You don't need a resume to start an OF account...

Posted by: Soon at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (ycI94)

6 Hey. Let's see YOU run a cabinet level department from the Fox News green room!

Posted by: Pam Blondi at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (2Ez/1)

7 So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.
=========================
The return of courtesy to civil discourse!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (pfOyM)

8 Passed through the thoroughly corrupt senate without issue. Never gone after by the MSM like the rabid dogs they are. Yeah, she sucks. Bad choice

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (abIsI)

9 The Bondi firing still isn't official as far as I can tell...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (xT8gx)

10 Im not even convinced the kids they have are sired by him, theres probably some time traveling Paolo in the mix somewhere porking her so she can have the child that will eventually lead the resistance against the ChatGPT powered terminators in 2065


seems legit

also not buying the Catholic thing

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (j+aD2)

11 Bad on guns too.

*********************

That really pissed a lot of people off, especially the ones like me rooting for Gaetz

Then again the last I heard of Gaetz he was discussing how humans were procreating with aliens to crfeate hybrids... so.... yeah

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:16 PM (REq0p)

12 I find it more interesting that the source was this "Attorney General Pam Bondi has been fired, a senior administration official and a source familiar with the matter told NBC News."

Sounds like if she is fired (and I still doubt on a single source), then a 2nd person will be quickly following her out the door for the leak...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:16 PM (tOcjL)

13 This is the woman the site's current Nazi Troll tells me I have to align with Because Reasons.

If you don't hate Jews, then you ain't Black! Or, something...

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 02, 2026 01:16 PM (ycI94)

14 There is a world that exists and will continue to exist regardless of who says what about it.

Reality is not a team sport.


This is probably hitting close to home for Trump - remember he was arguing for libel reform a while back.

He is generally right, but how you would actually encode this in law to be more restrictive of outright lying about public figures without giving a Dem administration another tool to arrest dissidents would be hard to do.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

15 In truth I don’t give a damn about Bondi, but IF she is indeed fired I would have waited until mid November. It just supplies fodder for the Left and also limits any other personnel moves Trump might need to make in the near future. Our side is treading very close to the “ complete disarray” attack that the Dems would love to make. Hell, they might use that anyway

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

16 The Blade is available to serve as AG. Just saying ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

17 You don't need a resume to start an OF account...
Posted by: Soon


fap fap fap

Posted by: Bunion Lover at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)

18 Bondi out?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (znfsz)

19 It is being confirmed as we speak. I like her loyalty , as I said. The birthright case probably sunk her.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

20 Re: Pam Bondi- I think its time for a replacement

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (lCppi)

21 Don't understand what she did wrong or how she crossed Trump. But if Trump wants her gone you know it is for a good reason.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (sgrzZ)

22 Do these Boobs make me look fat?

Posted by: BRYAN NOEM at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (1d+x4)

23 Sounds like if she is fired (and I still doubt on a single source), then a 2nd person will be quickly following her out the door for the leak...


well, good.

also I like Zeldin a LOT. hopefully he's good at wrangling traitors bc I think the DOJ is a real f*cking problem

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)

24 also not buying the Catholic thing Posted by: BlackOrchid

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yeah she leans into that VERY hard that makes the "conversion" all the more suspicious

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (REq0p)

25 I'm in the tiny minority with no opinion one way or t'other on rumored Bondi firing.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (N8ZBc)

26 There is a world that exists and will continue to exist regardless of who says what about it.

Reality is not a team sport.


Oops, meant to copy the next about Trump telling Mrs Kirk to sue the nutters

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

27 The Bondi firing still isn't official as far as I can tell...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (xT8gx)


Sources familiar with the matter tell me that it'll happen any second. Any second... any second...

Multiple news agencies are reporting that another news agency heard that a reporter was told by an anonymous source that the firing is imminent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (ExV1e)

28 19 It is being confirmed as we speak. I like her loyalty , as I said. The birthright case probably sunk her.


yeah that's my guess

his presence yesterday was like, a final test case for this. clearly this was a tough firing for him.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)

29 Noem out, Bondi out, and rumors that Gabbard might be out.

Hmmm. Not the "killers" he was hoping for.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (G0vdT)

30 ”Pay for Play” Pam has been messing up since the beginning. Why is anyone surprised? Has not help the Trump supporters, unless they have $$$, Has helped Pfizer - who employed her and Susie.

Posted by: MacArch at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (D3bzn)

31 I do not trust "sources" and they're almost always bs re: Trump but I would say probably gone.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (kNAyK)

32 Pam Bondi...you are the weakest link. GOOD-BYE!

Posted by: JTSmith at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (+Jrdm)

33 I like King Harv's new look. Clintesque.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ)

34 I like the nickname "Adolf Fuentes"

One of those we were told we absolutely must pay attention to 'cause "he has lots of followers!"

That the X update showed to be almost exclusively over-seas ....
Just like Candace Ovens.
And Tucker Qatar'lson.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (HXT0k)

35 Bondi beached:

Cute.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (Riz8t)

36 23 Sounds like if she is fired (and I still doubt on a single source), then a 2nd person will be quickly following her out the door for the leak...


well, good.

also I like Zeldin a LOT. hopefully he's good at wrangling traitors bc I think the DOJ is a real f*cking problem
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)

If he needs confirming, it won't happen...

If he can do a Rubio thing and lead 2 things at once or avoid confirm b/c he was already confirmed, then it can...

Dems will want DOJ in disarray for the fall elections (and even the VA one in 19 days)...no way will they do a fast confirm for anyone...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:19 PM (tOcjL)

37 Noem out, Bondi out, and rumors that Gabbard might be out.

Hmmm. Not the "killers" he was hoping for.


Hey I know a little about this same sort of problem...

Posted by: Abe Lincoln at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

38 Candyass Owens never disappoints.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (wtvvX)

39 Trump said Sen Hoeven is his "good friend" at some conference yesterday. Hoeven was seen the other day gaveling in and out of a 30 second session to keep the Senate from going into recess despite the Senate in the midst of a 2 week vacation. Any chance this "good friend" will defy Thune and the GOPe leadership and not gavel in a session so Trump can get a recess appointment in to replace Bondi?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (Dv3i1)

40 Hmmm. Not the "killers" he was hoping for.


not only "not killers" but just didn't have the stamina/quick thinking

I'm not saying it's a gender thing but ...

I'm not NOT saying that lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (j+aD2)

41 >>So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.


VDH was just about nut
...and Ace had to end it by being polite.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (TLp3A)

42 Wow, they screwed up this announcement. It may not have been a malicious leak, just a "hey, with Pam's leaving, can I get her Stanley Cup" sort of email.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (qwx/I)

43 If I did this, HR would be up my ass.

Adverse employment decisions are never leaked publicly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (RIvkX)

44 Anything short of Genghis Kahn will be insufficient.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (oecOY)

45 6 Hey. Let's see YOU run a cabinet level department from the Fox News green room!
Posted by: Pam Blondi

I... I must tell you the truth, Blondi. In my place, you would do the same thing. It's all over for you now. There's nothing anyone can do any more...I'll tell you one thing, Blondi. If I knew that my last hour had come, I swear, in my place... in your place I would do the same thing. I would tell about the gold. Yes, yes, I would. I would tell the name on the grave.

Posted by: Tuco at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (ycI94)

46 I like the nickname "Adolf Fuentes"/i]

Lil Nicky's dream it to find out in person exactly how many balls Schicklegruber actually has

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

47 44 Anything short of Genghis Kahn will be insufficient.
Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (oecOY)

And THAT’S a problem, right there.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (pDt9x)

48 The Epstein thing was/is a minefield. If Iran goes south Hegseth will be next. Who knows if this is the right move AT THIS TIME?
It looking rather chaotic. I don’t know who has the president’s ear. I was hoping that Susie Wiles would have more of a calming influence on President Trump. I would think the focus would be on the midterms.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (OTOad)

49 Sorry she's gone, I always had a lot of respect for her torso.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (UjdFS)

50 Chicago is out?!!

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (QCIad)

51 Epstein

It is all EPSTEIN

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (REhQ3)

52 Any second... any second..."

Manny Moto....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR)

53 Candace Owens' re-litigating and investigating the very biased Netflix faux-umentary Making a Murderer was great, and started me listening to her in her DW days.

I stayed on board for a bit of her Macron-TrannyWife investigation, but I had to quit when I ran out of red yarn.

The Charlie and Erica Kirk stuff is just beyond the pale.

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (lCppi)

54 hmm...spicy today !

re: bondi, i'm rather surprised it took so long to replace her. she's been an extremely weak link since day 1, and her incomprehensibly clumsy handling of the epstein documentary rollout caused permanent damage to trump's electoral coalition that never has been nor can be ameliorated. while i don't really care that much about trump's coalition, her oversight, such as it was, of the attempted lawfare-vengeance prosecutions of e.g. letitia james succeeded at nothing more than making a martyr of some of the most reprehensible legal officers in the country.

the woman is a empty-bleached-headed amateur and should never have been elevated to her position, much less tolerated for so long.

to tie her foibles in to the spice, the epstein debacle unquestionably provided prefidious fifth-column types with ample ammunition for their divisive conspiracy mongering.

Posted by: pH at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (J9hPc)

55 The files are on her desk.

Posted by: She said so at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)

56
Trump is going to need a wartime consigliere after the midterms.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

57 Bondi was friends with Ben Crump and helped sink the country into racial despair for Little Trayvon. Bad on guns too.

Not sure what part she played in the Epstein Op that was intended to overshadow Trump's Third Term and take him down for good.

A real useless waste of space and that's the charitable read. If she's gone good riddance but I'm not sure she's gone.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (kNAyK

You are, if anything, bring too kind to Bondi. . Trump may yet pull off an electoral miracle but he had no, zero, less than zero chance of surviving the impact of the mid term elections because of Bondi’s failure to prosecute obvious traitors and seditionists.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (cpNfP)

58 Trump posted that Todd Blanche will be acting AG.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (2UnvF)

59 You are leaving the AG’s office for medical reasons, understand???

Posted by: How it would be done in the Second World at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)

60 I did not know Bondi in college, but I have a load of friends who were friends with her. Some of those friends are democrat ambulance chasers so naturally they are dismissive of her as AG but I think they are still friendly with her. As we all know democrats never let friendship get in the way of politics.

I have no other knowledge of her other than that. I don't think she is incompetent but maybe just not ready for prime time. She was kinda hot in college, tho.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (+48wn)

61 Yes, yes, I would. I would tell the name on the grave."

You dig.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)

62 truth I don’t give a damn about Bondi, but IF she is indeed fired I would have waited until mid November.
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What if she's a disloyal c-word?

More to the point the media and general population can only focus on one thing at a time. Trump knows how to move a needle and make the media play a tune.

At worst it dilutes Iran as the Only Story In The Room as it now moves to a phase of wrapping up in our favor anyway. This will let "Iran" reset in a new narrative frame of Trump's choosing.

If in fact the firing has happened now.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (kNAyK)

63 >>If Iran goes south Hegseth will be next.


No. Hegseth isn't going anywhere.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (TLp3A)

64 It is being confirmed as we speak. I like her loyalty , as I said. The birthright case probably sunk her.

1. Confirmed by who?
2. If it was the birthright case, why not fire the Solicitor General? Bondi didn't argue the case.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

65 If only we had Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter to give us reliable sources.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (0sNs1)

66 Is this about us?

Posted by: prefidious fifth-column types at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

67 Tod Blanche...needs to go.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (GD0B3)

68 Bondi sucks horribly, don't get me wrong - whoever the Senate confirms as her replacement will also be worse.

None of it matters. You could resurrect Daniel Webster and make him AG. Wouldn't make a lick of difference. He may have beat Satan, but he wouldn't beat the DoJ or the federal judiciary - they run this country, not the other way around.

It's why I haven't gotten worked up about her, and won't about her successor. Trump should just leave it vacant. For him, an AG is about as useful as naming a Secretary of Windmill-Tilting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (BI5O2)

69 “…and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.”

I laughed out loud here. Angry Ace is Best Ace.

Posted by: The Dog at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (XodLO)

70 In Trump fashion, Ace needs his last sentence to read “thank you for your attention to this matter “

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (qBdHI)

71 Prefidiousness > Postfidiousness.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (N8ZBc)

72 Now that many of you got your wish…

Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?

(Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it)

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (E6xSb)

73 The Daily Mail is 'reporting' that the firing is a done deal.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (0sNs1)

74 Well, Trump can always replace her with Rubio. I hear he needs another job.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

75 Update: Sorry to push unvetted info, but a commenter posted this and I'm going to repeat it even while declaring "I don't know if this is anywhere close to true."


Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI�s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.
I'm still trying to figure out where this comes from.
_______

Huh? Of all the reasons Trump could have for firing her, that seems the least likely -- both that she would do that (leak to Fartswell?) and that Trump would fire her over it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

76 Trump said she's transitioning to a "much needed and important job in the private sector."

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (2UnvF)

77 None of it matters. You could resurrect Daniel Webster and make him AG. Wouldn't make a lick of difference. He may have beat Satan, but he wouldn't beat the DoJ or the federal judiciary - they run this country, not the other way around.


that much is clear

sigh

soviet

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

78 I'm guessing Bondi's handling of the Epstein files, particularly the ridiculous way she came out a few days after being confirmed with show and tell on the files and then did nothing for months, allowing the Dems to create this stupid myth that Trump is a pedo and is blocking the files release all last fall and winter because he is in it earned her many demerits in Trump's world. Additionally, she has the DOJ moving at a snail's pace on Trump's goal of charging people who attempted to send him to prison. Trumps had enough incompetent lawyers that having one at the top of his DOJ is not in his interest.

Posted by: jen the original at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (9wVPs)

79 I was hoping that Susie Wiles would have more of a calming influence on President Trump. I would think the focus would be on the midterms.
Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (OTOad)

He seems very calm. He's consistent- he always gives people a chance to do well, but won't tolerate mediocrity. I appreciate that.

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (lCppi)

80 the woman is a empty-bleached-headed amateur and should never have been elevated to her position

*********************

She's a dime a dozen at my company, which if you can believe it, is being horribly mismanaged to the ground due to all the DEI promotions of women because girl power rah rah rah

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (REq0p)

81 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?


Ken Paxton

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

82 She gone

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (sgrzZ)

83 Deportations will take too long.

Now, wait, hear me out ...

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (0sNs1)

84 Second look at Matt "X-Files rip-off" Gaetz?

LOL

Roll out the flaming clown car, Trump

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (HXT0k)

85 Yep...

"Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900.'

'We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.'

Trump said that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general until a permanent nominee is picked. "

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (GD0B3)

86 If Bondi does get fired, can we get the Rubio meme dressed as Bondi where he is assigned as the AG?

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (qOHHe)

87 Huh? Of all the reasons Trump could have for firing her, that seems the least likely -- both that she would do that (leak to Fartswell?) and that Trump would fire her over it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at

Stray voltage. Just a way to get something out there to bat around. Doesn't have to be his reason, it just has to be something to talk about. And shit about Democrats is something to talk about.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (kNAyK)

88 81 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?


Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

You honestly think he would be confirmed?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (pDt9x)

89 Trump posted that Todd Blanche will be acting AG.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (2UnvF)


I'm throwing down my marker that Todd Blanche will not accomplish any more than Bondi.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

90 56
Trump is going to need a wartime consigliere after the midterms.
Posted by: Frank Barone

He needs one now, to whip the rest of the GOPe into shape so they don't get slaughtered in the midterms...which is what they're doing their best to achieve without making it too obvious. I shared a link earlier this week that showed this midterm has the most incumbent Republican not running for reelection since the Great Depression.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (ycI94)

91 So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.
======

*takes notes*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)

92 19 It is being confirmed as we speak. I like her loyalty , as I said. The birthright case probably sunk her.
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

I didn’t realize it was decided. Who wrote the majority opinion?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (E6xSb)

93

He's pushing out the two bimbos, let's be honest about it, and putting in two dudes.

Win win.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (et1vG)

94 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?
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Y Dice

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (kNAyK)

95 IF true, I'm ok with it... I just thought she was an OK... my feeling on her was starting out 100% and then dropping at a 10 degree angle. Just no urgent enough to me even though I know she has to go through everything legally..... unlike say a dem AG.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (n5tGW)

96 Chicks man.

Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2026 01:27 PM (aTgV0)

97 Trump said that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general until a permanent nominee is picked. "
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (GD0B3)

Well, that is how you make it worse...he's terrible and now we're stuck with him probably through midterms...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (tOcjL)

98 Blanche will be there until Zeldin is confirmed. Then Blanche will be gone. Zeldin needs his own people.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (GD0B3)

99 Leak Check

Trump either told everybody but Blondie that she is getting canned or they just caught a mole.
Why? Bad timing. Trump already knows any AG is worthlese.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (Li9FJ)

100 None of it matters. You could resurrect Daniel Webster and make him AG. Wouldn't make a lick of difference. He may have beat Satan, but he wouldn't beat the DoJ or the federal judiciary - they run this country, not the other way around.

===

that much is clear

sigh

soviet
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM


Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (0sNs1)

101 I've read elsewhere that she's already gone.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (V362x)

102 Meh, Owens always had a track record that said she was a money/fame chaser. If she said useful things she was useful. If not, away with her. And being aligned with Israel is a big plus. They generally win, and their interests and US interests dont conflict hardly at all. And Bondi: seems like there is an awful lot of provable legal issues that could be used on the enemies that never seem to go past press releases. Maybe someone else would DO something.

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (PUrHv)

103 which is what they're doing their best to achieve without making it too obvious

**********************

They seem to be making it REALLY obvious to me at least

I loathe these RINO scum sucking pigs

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (REq0p)

104 88 81 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?


Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

You honestly think he would be confirmed?
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (pDt9x)

If Gaetz wasn't, Paxton doesn't have a chance in hell...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (tOcjL)

105 Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

I’d be good with that if he weren’t running for Senate. Cornyn MUST go and that doesn’t mean replacing him with that creep Talarico.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (E6xSb)

106 Is it ok to hate Owens and Mark Levin.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (cpys8)

107 "Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?"

I'd decline the appointment, so that narrows it down a bit.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (N8ZBc)

108 I saw Cleopatra Jones last night. They remastered it onto blu-ray. While it's considered a "blaxploitation" flick, it's quite tame by standards of the genre. Mostly comic violence, very little blood or gore, and no sex or nudity -- in fact, the heroine barely shows any skin at all, not even arms or legs.

It's not bad, but if you're gonna go exploitation, don't ya go exploitation? Cleo herself is stunning to behold, a statuesque Amazon dressed in the finest wardrobe this side of fashion week in Milan. Piper could do a whole post on her fashion. She changes outfits and hairstyles more than she does any actual police work.

Bonus: Shelley Winters (!) as a violent, lecherous lesbian drug lord who spends more time beating up on her henchmen than she does the good guys.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

109 Something that really sucks lately is I leave out letters to words in my typing...ugh... blog needs more math.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)

110 Does Dasha Burns have a brother named Richard?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (cWLG3)

111 I'm in the tiny minority with no opinion one way or t'other on rumored Bondi firing.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:18 PM (N8ZBc)

I am of the opinion that she should show us her tits.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

112 yes but the stock market? line goes up!

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (jGJov)

113 Jay Sekulow.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (cTDYk)

114 Any word on which "celebrity influencer" will take her place?

Posted by: Lurkyloo at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (ort2b)

115 What does Ace call it -- a "Limited Hangout?"

Leaks to the NYT primarily come from the CIA and other Deep State Traitors:

"According to Victor Marchetti, a former special assistant to the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a limited hangout is 'spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals. When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case. The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further'."

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (nCGhB)

116 Is there an unrepentant asshole that would ruthlessly fill this position?

Someone out for Deep State blood?

That just wants to drag people down and destroy their entire lives until they kill themselves?

Monster or LinkedIn?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)

117 Well, fuck.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (2UnvF)

118 Meh, Owens always had a track record that said she was a money/fame chaser.

***************

I dropped off when she got fired from Daily Wire and then asked people to send her money, despite being married to a multimillionaire and having millions of her own

Child, WTF do you need more money for?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (REq0p)

119 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?

Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

You honestly think he would be confirmed?
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM


Heck, *I'd* vote for him.

Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (0sNs1)

120 They seem to be making it REALLY obvious to me at least

I loathe these RINO scum sucking pigs
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (REq0p)

Yes, incumbent Rs are throwing the midterms...thus, the retirements and the inaction. Johnson is trying, but even he threw in his cards yesterday.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (tOcjL)

121 "Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?"

I'd decline the appointment, so that narrows it down a bit.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (N8ZBc)

Now I am out of ideas.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)

122 But when you object to Candace Owens telling lie after defamatory lie about a grieving widow who appears to be a nice normie mom, they always say the same thing: You're only against her defaming a grieving widow in the most evil and demonic way possible because you're obsessed with Israel.

Just like pointing out that an illegal alien from Me-Hee-Co murdered little girls and being called a xenophobic notsee fascist bigot...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (ynpvh)

123 I don't like Todd Blanche and I don't even know why... Pam Bondi is much better looking for one thing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (xT8gx)

124 "Cleo herself is stunning to behold, a statuesque Amazon"

She cut one of her tits off??

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (N8ZBc)

125 I'll mention it again; Trump's a results orientated guy. Maybe Bondi wasn't getting the results he thought she should be able to get.

He's fired people for less.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (AkEZC)

126 None of it matters. You could resurrect Daniel Webster and make him AG. Wouldn't make a lick of difference. He may have beat Satan, but he wouldn't beat the DoJ or the federal judiciary - they run this country, not the other way around.

It's why I haven't gotten worked up about her, and won't about her successor. Trump should just leave it vacant. For him, an AG is about as useful as naming a Secretary of Windmill-Tilting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:24 PM (BI5O2)


Nevertheless, there are multiple commentors who're hip deep in semen now since they've been edging over her being fired since she was confirmed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)

127 63 >>If Iran goes south Hegseth will be next.


No. Hegseth isn't going anywhere.
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (TLp3A)
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Trump loves the military but he'll need a fall guy if Iran goes south as mentioned above. That's Hegseth.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (G0vdT)

128 the reason why Owens was pointed at Mrs Kirk is because the left wants to stop talking about a leftwing tranny chaser shooting Charlie Kirk and wants to talk about ANYTHING else.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

129 Is it ok to hate Owens and Mark Levin.

Yes! And also to hate Chuck Schumer more.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

130 OK, I'll do it. What the hell, sleeping's for fags.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (2UnvF)

131 "I am of the opinion that she should show us her tits."

I can go along with that. I'd buy that for a dollar.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (N8ZBc)

132 I am of the opinion that she should show us her tits.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

Evergreen

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (kNAyK)

133 >>Trump loves the military but he'll need a fall guy if Iran goes south as mentioned above. That's Hegseth.


I'll take any bets on this one.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (TLp3A)

134 I am wondering who the hell Todd Blanche is, anyway? Valet at the Whitehouse Parking garage?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (pDt9x)

135 Nevertheless, there are multiple commentors who're hip deep in semen now since they've been edging over her being fired since she was confirmed.

Sounds like a sticky situation

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

136 Between this and Trump saying 2-3 weeks of military action left against Iran.........I hope the wheels aren't coming off. I don't know about anyone else but I'm surprised he said that. I don't buy 2-3 weeks. 2-3 more months......yes.

Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (IlL6s)

137 Maybe Pam's hubby is a cross dresser too

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

138 Not sure what her exact words were, but it was something like - I have the Epstein file on my desk, gonna get right on it. Didn't make much sense at the time, and then it took a literal act of Congress to get DoJ to release. She didn't strike me as being smart enough to wrangle a bunch of mostly hostile lawyers.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

139 None of it matters. You could resurrect Daniel Webster and make him AG. Wouldn't make a lick of difference. He may have beat Satan, but he wouldn't beat the DoJ or the federal judiciary - they run this country, not the other way around.

I don't think Emmanuel Lewis has any law enforcement or legal experience?

Posted by: Confused Moron at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (ycI94)

140 120 They seem to be making it REALLY obvious to me at least

I loathe these RINO scum sucking pigs
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:28 PM (REq0p)

Yes, incumbent Rs are throwing the midterms...thus, the retirements and the inaction. Johnson is trying, but even he threw in his cards yesterday.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (tOcjL)

RINO scum that suck pigs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (ynpvh)

141 Well, Ed Meese is still around, so maybe a 2nd look at him. He knows his way around Iranian-Israel relations.

Come to think of it, so is James Baker. Man, here's to clean living!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (qwx/I)

142 Some point to her mal-handling of the Epstein files.

I think the worst damage she's done is all the goofy-ass civil lawsuits.

Like "We're SUING the state of Maine to stop transgender men in women's sports!"

Just ... just f'ing stop: It's embarrassing that you think we are stupid enough to believe that's anything but pointless theater.

oh no! a civil lawsuit! in a deep blue state! with deep blue judges! Gosh, I bet they are real scared now!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (HXT0k)

143 Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)


1. That would leave Cornyn in the Senate.
2. He would never be confirmed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (ExV1e)

144 "So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you."

Ace, I think the modern terminology is, "Go seek healthcare in Canada."

Posted by: tankdemon at April 02, 2026 01:33 PM (f67+3)

145 Wait, is he nominating Blanche or is Blanche there temporarily ??

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

146 Nevertheless, there are multiple commentors who're hip deep in semen now since they've been edging over her being fired since she was confirmed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM


For the record, I am not one of them.

Posted by: Peter North, proud Canadian and irregular AoSHQ commenter at April 02, 2026 01:33 PM (0sNs1)

147 Noem out, Bondi out, and rumors that Gabbard might be out.

Hmmm. Not the "killers" he was hoping for.
Posted by: WisRich


Not the best judge of women is he?
Or maybe it is just him?


But he will always have Hegseth and Rubio.
No homo though.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 01:33 PM (Li9FJ)

148 Nevertheless, there are multiple commentors who're hip deep in semen now since they've been edging over her being fired since she was confirmed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)

Yes, they tend to all be male commentors who believe only males should hold positions in Trump's inner circle...and that feeling and look will continue biting R's in the butt in the midterms.

Dudes will jack off for this, and then not show to vote, while women will be pissed and vote in presidential elections numbers. And we'll have last year's VA results nationwide...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (tOcjL)

149 Is it ok to hate Candace, Mark Levin AND Megyn Kelly ?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (4KUe5)

150 Nostalgia notice. Read no further to avoid boomer jetsam.

Drew Pearson called it The Washington Merry Go Round.

Ready for Trivial Pursuit go forward, Peachfuzz, prepared to win a bar bet.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (YlWIZ)

151 Nevertheless, there are multiple commentors who're hip deep in semen
-------

Aka "Thursday"

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (kNAyK)

152 Fuckin Todd.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (2UnvF)

153 Trump loves the military but he'll need a fall guy if Iran goes south as mentioned above. That's Hegseth.
Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (G0vdT)

If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?? Ain't gonna happen. Iran is so far north at this point, south just isn't a possibility

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (xT8gx)

154 108 I saw Cleopatra Jones last night. They remastered it onto blu-ray. While it's considered a "blaxploitation" flick, it's quite tame by standards of the genre.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

"Undercover Brother" with Billie Dee Williams.

Another classic that could not be made today.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (Y8DZL)

155 Blanche spent a few years defending Trump and others from Russiagate charges - likely at a lot of personal cost.

So I believe he's loyal. Competent? Well, I guess we get to see now don't we?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

156 143 Ken Paxton
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

1. That would leave Cornyn in the Senate.
2. He would never be confirmed.


I'm saying our best option is a deal to let Cornyn keep his seat that gets Paxton confirmed to lead DOJ

which .. yeah that sucks for TX

but mayyyyyybe Ken could wrangle the demons in the DOJ

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (j+aD2)

157 Is there an unrepentant asshole that would ruthlessly fill this position?

Someone out for Deep State blood?

That just wants to drag people down and destroy their entire lives until they kill themselves?

Monster or LinkedIn?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)
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Probably quite a few. But none of them will ever pass Senate confirmation, which is all that matters.

The Senate--being a hivemind when it comes to protecting their own interests--does not want ANYONE probing their allies' affairs or prosecuting anyone who is filling their personal coffers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (ESVrU)

158 Just last week Trump praised Tulsi Gabbard.
She is not leaving.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (4KUe5)

159 "So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you."

Touched by some spirit, with please and thank you as that more gentle touch.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (NFX2v)

160 136 Between this and Trump saying 2-3 weeks of military action left against Iran.........I hope the wheels aren't coming off. I don't know about anyone else but I'm surprised he said that. I don't buy 2-3 weeks. 2-3 more months......yes.
Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM (IlL6s)

It was an error. Never give a firm ending timeline in a war til you end it.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (tOcjL)

161 I do recall that Trump recently assigned someone to investigate ActBlue, a job he had previously given to Pam

Looks like she didn't produce results

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

162 Just last week Trump praised Tulsi Gabbard.
She is not leaving.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (4KUe5)

she is. you can take it to the bank.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)

163 9 Is it ok to hate Candace, Mark Levin AND Megyn Kelly ?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (4KUe5)

Only hate sin and the devil.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (kNAyK)

164 Man, here's to clean living!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 01:32 PM


Clean livin', AND Texas wimmen!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (0sNs1)

165 If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?? Ain't gonna happen. Iran is so far north at this point, south just isn't a possibility


agree

AND

Hegseth is kicking ass at the DOW

no worries at all there

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (j+aD2)

166 Just let Marco be acting AG and let the best meme ever continue...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (xT8gx)

167 telling countless vicious lies about a grieving widow -- and suggesting that her wheelchair-bound dying mother is faking for money and sympathy --

O.O

THAT B*TCH SAID WHAT NOW?!

Posted by: pookysgirl, more than irate at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Wt5PA)

168 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (7Q7Ca)

169 But he will always have Hegseth and Rubio.
No homo though.
Posted by: Operator Error

Bessent is openly gay.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Y8DZL)

170 144 LOL

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (N8ZBc)

171
I'm not doing anything. I won't recuse myself this time. I swear.

Posted by: Jeff Sessions at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (IifOV)

172 You are, if anything, bring too kind to Bondi. . Trump may yet pull off an electoral miracle but he had no, zero, less than zero chance of surviving the impact of the mid term elections because of Bondi’s failure to prosecute obvious traitors and seditionists.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (cpNfP)

Yup. Its been a year. The fields of the impaled should have been filled with sun bleached desiccated carcasses of traitors and seditionists that would have been set ablaze during the upcoming 4th of july celebration of our 250 years of America. Because of her inaction were stuck with sparklers. She fucked up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (snZF9)

173 I'm in the tiny minority with no opinion one way or t'other on rumored Bondi firing.

Posted by: gp

I am of the opinion that she should show us her tits.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.......

NOW we're getting somewhere.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (UjdFS)

174 Is there an unrepentant asshole that would ruthlessly fill this position?

Someone out for Deep State blood?

That just wants to drag people down and destroy their entire lives until they kill themselves?

Monster or LinkedIn?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)


That's what so many people don't get. The AG wasn't the problem. The traitors in the DOJ are a problem. The corrupt judiciary is a problem. The Senate refusing to confirm AUSAs is a problem. It doesn't matter who you make AG. They cannot act like Merrick Garland because the judges won't let a Republican break the law.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

175 at the last Cabinet meeting (where Gabbard was not...) Trump called Bondi "My Friend". Means nothing.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (GD0B3)

176 This is the woman the site's current Nazi Troll tells me I have to align with Because Reasons.


But she's a Catholic with Kids, Ace..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (7Q7Ca)

177 Ah, Pam Bondi. Another great Trump hire!

Posted by: UA113 at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (cz34i)

178
I don't think Emmanuel Lewis has any law enforcement or legal experience?
Posted by: Confused Moron


Is he the one who wrote the dictionary?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (Cqx++)

179 I would be happy with Kurt Schlicter, at DoJ, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (4KUe5)

180 Could this have anything to do with how well the government Solicitor General (DoJ) presented the birth right case to the Supreme Court yesterday? PDJT was in the house.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (y7SJC)

181 Non-denial denial: A statement issued to CNN and the NYT shows Trump voicing personal support for Bondi. "Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job," the president said, which is hardly a guarantee of her future status.

----
The infamous vote of confidence in a beleaguered head coach. Translation: Don't lose another game.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (zafwz)

182 "and then says this proves that the 'Israelis are in charge'
and that Trump is now fully Jewish."

Breaking a promise to his voters by getting into a war he clearly has no idea what the fuck he's doing in, a war that will destroy the world economy, his Presidency, and the GOP's viability indefinitely, all for the benefit of Israel, that proves Trump is now fully Jewish. No need to overthink this.

Posted by: Israel Is Always Right at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (VCSmN)

183 Smart money is on Bondi's husband being a furry. Living at Disney's Animal Kingdom in the same cage as Lyndsey Graham.

Posted by: Sweetie at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (DePyg)

184 Hip deep?

Please, we're better than that. We use socks!

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (CenVr)

185 The coolest thing about Daniel Webster is his portraits. He looks like a man who never laughed even as a baby.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)

186 So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you for your attention to this matter.



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:12 PM



Fixt for hilarity. No......not that Baldwin c*nt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (7Q7Ca)

187 >>>Is there an unrepentant asshole that would ruthlessly fill this position?

this senate won't even let the president from their own party have recess appointments -- they would never actually confirm someone like that

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (jGJov)

188 Good to have Aunt Pam back here in Florida

Posted by: Trayvon Martin at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (Y1sOo)

189 Does Dasha Burns have a brother named Richard?

No, I'm the only brother she has.

Posted by: PETER BURNS at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (1d+x4)

190 Following news that President Trump fired her as Attorney General on April 2, 2026, Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, stated that Bondi is still "legally obligated to appear before our committee under oath" on April 14, 2026, to answer questions regarding the handling of Epstein files.

NY Times, 14 minutes ago ☠

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (NFX2v)

191 Is it ok to hate Owens and Mark Levin.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (cpys


Mark Levin is the heart and soul of our country, and his word is not law, but it is fully in alignment with the basic constitutional understanding we have evolved to as of today, and is concordant with other deeply masculine and hearty conservative thinkers like Lindsay Graham, who after all is one of the true powers of the modern Senate.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

192 Willow'd:

>> 83 What I have learned over the past couple years is that everyone in the social media/podcast space eventually turns on everyone who they once promoted or platformed. Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see seems to be a good rule to follow.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (QaH55)


"The strangers in this town
They raise you up just to cut you down"

The Lumineers - Angela - Live at iHeart Radio 2016
https://youtu.be/jY7qtFnWKGA

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (Sy6m/)

193
I am of the opinion that she should show us her tits.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.......



"Show bobs and vagene!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (7Q7Ca)

194 >>If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?


Exactly. Iran is done as we knew it.

BRICS is done.

And, all the while, we are pulling our punches.
The Globe just got a real time lesson in Military Capability that will send China back to the drawing board for another decade.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (TLp3A)

195 DOJ is theater anyway.

It's not who they have fighting, or how hard and smart they fight:
It's who they are fighting.

The judiciary.

And until they have someone willing to lie, cheat and steal to win, none of it matters.

Which is why Trump needs to stop with the defense of all these lawsuits and get his "Judge Roy Bean" to start firing off ever and ever more ridiculous injunctions.

Pre-empt them. Post-empt them. Up-empt them. Down-empt them.

Just get a retired judge and go whole hog.

Fuck the cartel judges--let 'em all fight each other: "No I'm in charge! No, I'm in charge! You're a bitch! No, you're a bitch!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (HXT0k)

196 >>> Any word on which "celebrity influencer" will take her place?

the blonde women lawyers at Fox News are all clearing their calendars....

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (jGJov)

197 Is there an unrepentant asshole that would ruthlessly fill this position?

Someone out for Deep State blood?

That just wants to drag people down and destroy their entire lives until they kill themselves?

Monster or LinkedIn?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)

That's what so many people don't get. The AG wasn't the problem. The traitors in the DOJ are a problem. The corrupt judiciary is a problem. The Senate refusing to confirm AUSAs is a problem. It doesn't matter who you make AG. They cannot act like Merrick Garland because the judges won't let a Republican break the law.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)
______

This. The same people celebrating Bondi's firing will turn on whoever replaces her when he (?) can't do anything more than she did. The system is rigged and has been for a long time. Doesn't matter who the AG is.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

198 ... she's been on a deranged campaign for almost a year to put Erika Kirk through her own conspiracy-theory Calvary.

---------------

"Air Calvary!"

/Lt. Colonel Kilgore

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (nCGhB)

199 The point made upthread about cabinet positions having to run the Senate Gauntlet is game, set, match. And if the Dems ans Squishes are emboldened by any perceived weakness that run gets even harder. Sucks but it is reality.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (pDt9x)

200
Posted by: Israel Is Always Right at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (VCSmN)



"So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you for your attention to this matter.



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:12 PM"

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (GD0B3)

201 The challenge, of course, is confirmation.
Thyme will not allow a recess appointment, and now is not the time to be bargaining away things like the Save America Act and ICE funding in exchange for a speedy confirmation.

Zeldin makes sense as he’s been confirmed once already, no new “dirt”, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)

202 >>Breaking a promise to his voters by getting into a war he clearly has no idea what the fuck he's doing in, a war that will destroy the world economy, his Presidency, and the GOP's viability indefinitely, all for the benefit of Israel, that proves Trump is now fully Jewish.


The Stupid never stops.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (TLp3A)

203 lol speaking of women that snowed PDJT ... he got to see his GREAT PICK yesterday huh!

such a great pick

wonderful jurist

all logic and reason up there, huh Amy?

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (j+aD2)

204
How about Meatball Ron for Attorney General? He'll be out of the governors mansion soon enough.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (IifOV)

205 Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (TLp3A)

Intelligence has a ceiling, stupidity has no floor.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (ynpvh)

206 I like all the 'ettes and love a handful of you (you better know who you are), but I promise every single last one of you that this rat-faced bitch is not the hill to die on.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (kNAyK)

207 Wish we could get rid of Senators this easy, also Federal judges.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (pvf3X)

208 It's the end of the world...

Or not

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (qSCCl)

209 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?"

I'd decline the appointment, so that narrows it down a bit.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (N8ZBc)

Hey, if that Torquemada guy isn’t busy ….he has that Grand Inquisitor vibe that will shake up the traitorous Commie bastards.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (cpNfP)

210 Which is why Trump needs to stop with the defense of all these lawsuits and get his "Judge Roy Bean" to start firing off ever and ever more ridiculous injunctions.

Pre-empt them. Post-empt them. Up-empt them. Down-empt them.


Yep.

A big part of the reason we are in the mess we are in is that right leaning judges even the supposedly far right ones are passive and bound be precedent and the conventual wisdom while leftwing judges just YOLO to advance leftwing goals.

Then Roberts has the ability to do...nothing...but give him some activist right wing judges to deal with as well and you'll see him to start cracking down on activism because he will be forced to do so.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

211
Zeldin makes sense as he’s been confirmed once already, no new “dirt”, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)


Yup

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (FtULh)

212 Ok, hear me out ...Judge Judy!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (GD0B3)

213 So Trump has control of the weather machine?

Posted by: Now it's all starting to make sense at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)

214 I can't get enough of the Global Economic Eeyeorisms.

All coming from the least educated retards on the planet.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:42 PM (TLp3A)

215 So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you

-------------

+1

"And -1 for I'm omitting the Oxford comma."
/obligatory Grammar Candace Nazi

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (nCGhB)

216 Candace Owens is a psychopath.
What she’s been doing to Erika Kirk is evil.
She seems determined to destroy Erika, Charlie’s memory/legacy and TPUSA.

I would not wish that treatment on any grieving widow.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (4KUe5)

217 that proves Trump is now fully Jewish"

Wait a tic... he was aunty Semitic just last week!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (qSCCl)

218 194 >>If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?


Exactly. Iran is done as we knew it.

BRICS is done.

And, all the while, we are pulling our punches.
The Globe just got a real time lesson in Military Capability that will send China back to the drawing board for another decade.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (TLp3A)

And China's population is even older than the US, so in another decade their window will be closed.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (okun6)

219 all logic and reason up there, huh Amy?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:40 PM (j+aD2)

Of all of them she actually pisses me off the most

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (FtULh)

220 Is it ok to hate Candace, Mark Levin AND Megyn Kelly ?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (4KUe5)
=====

I hate everyone equally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (RIvkX)

221 She tipped off swalwell? Now that's a weird theory.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (G0vdT)

222 I wonder if Trump could just appoint interim AG's for the next two years? Pick a half dozen or so junkyard dog types that are utterly ruthless. No confirmations needed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (AkEZC)

223 As for Zeldin as the pick, it would not be for his legal smarts and acumen. He's served as an attorney in real life for literally about 3 years...

He's a pick to holdover the office and prevent someone worse...if he's even confirmable, and upthread, I said if they need another vote, after what he did at EPA, he's probably not confirmable...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (tOcjL)

224 217 that proves Trump is now fully Jewish"

Wait a tic... he was aunty Semitic just last week!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (qSCCl)

Aunty Fa is also Aunty Semitic too. She goes by many names.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (ynpvh)

225 So, Rubio heading the DOJ?

Posted by: Inogame at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (53oGX)

226 Which rat-faced b$tch?

A few spring to mind…

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (4KUe5)

227 If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?? Ain't gonna happen. Iran is so far north at this point, south just isn't a possibility
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Reddit assures me the war is going terribly, Trump has been exposed as weak on the world stage, our allies are abandoning us, he had no plan, and he's not meeting the benchmarks of the plan he doesn't have. And Americans hate him even more!

If I got to be the leader of a nation in the conflict, I certainly wouldn't choose Iran, but maybe I'm stupid lol.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (ycI94)

228 Thank you all.

Even if your correct answers are depressing.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (Sco7b)

229 221 She tipped off swalwell? Now that's a weird theory.

Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:43 PM (G0vdT)

There's an odd smell to this story...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

230 AG seems to need a Bat Girl at the helm.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (n17eQ)

231 The Globe just got a real time lesson in Military Capability that will send China back to the drawing board for another decade."

This. But I'd say 20 years...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (qSCCl)

232 204
How about Meatball Ron for Attorney General? He'll be out of the governors mansion soon enough.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (IifOV)

I'm not sure he wants it right now...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (tOcjL)

233 >>Blanche spent a few years defending Trump and others from Russiagate charges - likely at a lot of personal cost.

>>So I believe he's loyal. Competent? Well, I guess we get to see now don't we?

Bondi was one of Trump's impeachment lawyers yet I'm hearing that she was also secretly trying to take him down with Epstein. So you never know. Or do you?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (viF8m)

234 I volunteer to be Attorney General. I will work for free and I will make prisoners construct the panther pits, also for free.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (BI5O2)

235 Of all of them she actually pisses me off the most


lifetime FUCKING appointment, donna

imagine her at 65 if she's this doofy now

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (j+aD2)

236 Thank you all.

Even if your correct answers are depressing.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (Sco7b)



We're still here, ready and waiting!

Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (7Q7Ca)

237 225 So, Rubio heading the DOJ?
----------------
Ag is a demotion from being Viceroy.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (n17eQ)

238 Trump unfortunately was far from the only person hornswaggled by Bony Carrot. Our purported side somehow makes abortion the meter and then doesn't listen to anything else.

But she was vouched for over and over by "trusted true cons". And it certainly wasn't easy to suggest anything negative about her when the appointment was in progress.

The way you know if a Trump appt is good is generally if the Left tries to personally destroy them. That said I think Kavanaugh was just a bit of fun for the bastards.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (kNAyK)

239 Reddit assures me the war is going terribly"

Ok, that's funny.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (qSCCl)

240 Honestly, the die was cast when Trump appointed Vance to head up the fraud task force, something she should have been doing.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (2UnvF)

241 Speaking of Todd Blanche... didn't George Costanza have a moment where he taunts a convict by saying to him: But you are, Blanche, you are in the shackles!

Hilarious

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (xT8gx)

242 Julie Newmar for AG!

Posted by: Hubba hubba! at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

243 The Globe just got a real time lesson in Military Capability that will send China back to the drawing board for another decade.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (TLp3A)


Desert Storm was like this. The US had never gone toe to toe with a Soviet-supplied and doctrinally-based force in open field.

Then we did and the world was like, 'check.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (FmapG)

244 The Independent: Trump polled advisors on if he should replace Tulsi Gabbard, report says
Following Kristi Noem's dramatic exit, president said to be mulling dismissing Gabbard or Pam Bondi

The 'or' is interesting.

Today by Harry Cockburn, an environment correspondent who gets to serve as a newsdesk editor and night editor.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (NFX2v)

245 Burt Bondi >>> Pam Bondi

Posted by: fly gal at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (u7NM6)

246 Which rat-faced b$tch?

A few spring to mind…

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (4KUe5)

Sorry - Bondi.

Seemed to be stirring some kind of Battle of the Moron Sexes.

Wait a second that sounds kind of cool.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (kNAyK)

247 It would seem Cuber has fallen off the map regarding news and stuff. Then the pouncing begins.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 01:48 PM (n17eQ)

248 Bondi beach >>> Burt Bondi >>> Pam Bondi

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:48 PM (qSCCl)

249 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

If you want real deal blacksploitation, you have to go "Truck Turner" with Issac Hayes, Yaphet Koto, and Nichelle Nichols.

Posted by: front toward enemy at April 02, 2026 01:48 PM (TIizU)

250 How about Meatball Ron for Attorney General? He'll be out of the governors mansion soon enough.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 01:41 PM (IifOV)


That was my call even before the election. DeSantis wants to be President, let's see if he's Rubio or Mattis when given the opportunity.

I'd guess that he'd refuse because he knows the AG can't accomplish much under Trump and it'd make him look bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

251 Coming soon to a MoMe near you...

Posted by: Battle of the Moron Sexes at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)

252
>>Trump has also long been frustrated over the DOJ's failure to successfully prosecute his enemies

================

I want her to prosecute MY enemies. I pay taxes and shop at second-hand stores so Somalis can live in mansions and drive Mercedes-Benzes, and there are millions of people like me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (n7rxJ)

253 Good News, everyone!

The Dallas Mavericks have fired Jason Kidd and the cherry on top is they admitted that Kidd knew about the worst trade in sports history beforehand and lied about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (7Q7Ca)

254 Would General Flynn want some payback?

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (qOHHe)

255 DOJ is theater anyway.

It's not who they have fighting, or how hard and smart they fight:
It's who they are fighting.

The judiciary.

And until they have someone willing to lie, cheat and steal to win, none of it matters.

Which is why Trump needs to stop with the defense of all these lawsuits and get his "Judge Roy Bean" to start firing off ever and ever more ridiculous injunctions.

Pre-empt them. Post-empt them. Up-empt them. Down-empt them.

Just get a retired judge and go whole hog.

Fuck the cartel judges--let 'em all fight each other: "No I'm in charge! No, I'm in charge! You're a bitch! No, you're a bitch!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 01:39 PM (HXT0k)
Never a more correct, accurate and essential post—it’s Trump’s ass, our ass, and the Constitutional USA that are on the line.
Senate ‘confirmation’ of a Judge Roy Bean type becomes irrelevant if Trump co-opts /brutalizes one of the RINO cucks keeping the Senate in pro forma session into dropping the pro forma charade ball and allowing a recess appointment of Trump’s AG.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (cpNfP)

256 Coming soon to a MoMe near you...
Posted by: Battle of the Moron Sexes at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)



This will require pudding. Lots and lots of pudding.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (7Q7Ca)

257
the AG can't accomplish much under Trump

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

================

Are you referring to constant reversals by rogue judges?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (n7rxJ)

258 "Truck Turner" Added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (N8ZBc)

259 A lot of work still undone at tearing down the damage done by the EPA -- especially the HVAC coolant regs.

But Bondi's slow everything has got to go also. No more excuses. Let's see action.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (wBaIH)

260 Trump loves the military but he'll need a fall guy if Iran goes south as mentioned above. That's Hegseth.
Posted by: WisRich at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (G0vdT)

If Iran goes south?? Come one, I mean they're getting destroyed... they're pummeling our fists with their face and it's gonna go south?? Ain't gonna happen. Iran is so far north at this point, south just isn't a possibility
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:34 PM (xT8gx)


IMHO, the hold-up is islam. It's almost impossible to deal with make a deal with people who believe that god's will is that the win or die trying.

So, a couple of things need to happen:

1) We arm Iranians who want the gov't members ended and dead. If if if we can find enough Iranians who will fight for themselves and their own country.

2) We need a figurehead that the Iranians people can get behind, right now all they have is an amorphous blob of "someone better". That figurehead is probably the Shah of Iran, assuming he's up to the job.

3) Not sure this would work but pit the Iranians nationalism, culture, and history against the invader colonialist moslems with Zoroastrianism if that's even still a thing. Probably not.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (iJfKG)

261 PS - When considering folks for AG, anyone nominated now knows they and their families will be stuck on military bases for the foreseeable future. Living on a crappy government salary. When they probably makes millions in private practice.

Ask yourself who wants that job AND is confirmable...and you'll find almost no one who will be better than who we had...as mentioned many times, Bondi was the best AG we had in 50 years b/c Rs NEVER have good AGs, and she was definitely in the decent category...she didn't DO anything against what we wanted (now, did she do ENOUGH for what we DID want - probably not...but that NEVER happens)...

She also oversaw the cleanout of the buried in zealots from numerous agencies below her...and did it with no lawsuits and losses...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (tOcjL)

262 lifetime FUCKING appointment, donna

imagine her at 65 if she's this doofy now
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:46 PM (j+aD2)


Another Sandra Day O'Conner

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

263 Just last week Trump praised Tulsi Gabbard.
She is not leaving.


Vote of confidence? Consult the polymarket!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (OTOad)

264 I wonder if Trump could just appoint interim AG's for the next two years? Pick a half dozen or so junkyard dog types that are utterly ruthless. No confirmations needed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (AkEZC)

Just have a group of about 5 assistant AGs that don't need confirmation and have them divide the work and evaluate the others.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (8avO+)

265 sic transit gloria mundi

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (5rh/l)

266 I want her to prosecute MY enemies. I pay taxes and shop at second-hand stores so Somalis can live in mansions and drive Mercedes-Benzes, and there are millions of people like me.

I went to *Walmart* recently and was shocked by the prices (I have a couple of local places that are extremely cost effective).

The damage from Bidenflation and the endless fraud we are finding is extreme.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

267 Eh, have not been impressed.
Trump needs people who will act fast and go hard. She has not done that. Should’ve used the J6 template on those who have waged war on Trump since 2016. There has been plenty of criminal behavior and lawfare that needs to be checked.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (4KUe5)

268 Bondi...She's at best a B cup....Chicken tits.

Posted by: BRYAN NOEM at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (1d+x4)

269 "So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you."

tough, but fair

Posted by: zigggggy at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (EDeJ/)

270 Good News, everyone!

The Dallas Mavericks have fired Jason Kidd and the cherry on top is they admitted that Kidd knew about the worst trade in sports history beforehand and lied about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (7Q7Ca)

Probably a good move. However, I have to say about that trade... I am so sick of sports radio being all over Luka's balls constantly.... the jock sniffing gets so old I just turn it off. Doncic is good but he plays zero defense and must eat about 5 cheeseburgers a day... I'll just put it this way, he's no Larry Bird

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (xT8gx)

271 Blanche is as bad a Blondi. Not an upgrade at all.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (BCuCF)

272 John Eastman for DoJ. He's the guy Garland goons hounded for the crime of giving expert legal advice to Trump.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (Dv3i1)

273 Who would you replace the evil Bondi with?
------
Ken Paxton


But not until he's done curb stomping Cornyn past the point of no return. I'm not sure what happens if Paxton were to win the runoff and then withdraw. Better to let him win the general and then resign and Abbott can replace him with someone not named Cornyn. Or Phelan. Or Straus.

Posted by: Space Dad at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (vTZFs)

274 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (2Ez/1)

275 Fred "The Hammer" Williamson laughs....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (qSCCl)

276 "I went to *Walmart* recently and was shocked by the prices"

Concur.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (N8ZBc)

277 IMHO, the hold-up is islam. It's almost impossible to deal with make a deal with people who believe that god's will is that the win or die trying.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (iJfKG)

For all the talk about that, there seems to be a lot of hiding and bunkering up in Iran rather than this kamikaze offensive.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (8avO+)

278 Are you referring to constant reversals by rogue judges?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (n7rxJ)


Check.

And the lack of Assistant US Attorneys confirmed by the Senate?

Check.

And the continuing presence of undiscovered, or 'unfireable', people at the DOJ who're not on board with Trump's priorities?

Check.

Exactly the same things we've been dealing with all along.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (ExV1e)

279 >>Eh, have not been impressed.
Trump needs people who will act fast and go hard. She has not done that. Should’ve used the J6 template on those who have waged war on Trump since 2016. There has been plenty of criminal behavior and lawfare that needs to be checked.

The problem with that approach is what allowed Biden to go after J6ers so fast and loose was it was done with DC juries. The same ones that will never convict a Democrat of jaywalking.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (viF8m)

280 Probably a good move. However, I have to say about that trade... I am so sick of sports radio being all over Luka's balls constantly.... the jock sniffing gets so old I just turn it off. Doncic is good but he plays zero defense and must eat about 5 cheeseburgers a day... I'll just put it this way, he's no Larry Bird
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (xT8gx)



He did lose a lot of weight in the offseason, so he's better, and less injury prone. The defense thing is valid, but he's one of the best pure shooters in the game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (7Q7Ca)

281 >>>Abbott can replace him with someone not named Cornyn. Or Phelan. Or Straus.

Knowing Abbot he'll replace him with someone named Patel, Rasheesh, or Pajeet

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (jGJov)

282 264 I wonder if Trump could just appoint interim AG's for the next two years? Pick a half dozen or so junkyard dog types that are utterly ruthless. No confirmations needed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (AkEZC)

Just have a group of about 5 assistant AGs that don't need confirmation and have them divide the work and evaluate the others.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (8avO+)

Assistant AGs, like Harmeet, also need Senate confirmation.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (tOcjL)

283 Best thing she did in her term of service was to convict last month the 9 Antifa activists who rioted at the Texas ICE detention center.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

284 Dasha Burns from Politico also posted on X a precis of Donald Trump's April 1st speech before it aired, 'according to informed sources', and got pretty much all the big points wrong.

So Magic 8 Ball says, 'Ehhhhhhh, mebbe. Mebbe not'.'

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (Ft5W9)

285 254 Would General Flynn want some payback?
-------------------
This would be fun.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (n17eQ)

286
No convictions likely for Dems in D.C. or Manhattan for sure.

But that shouldn't be the objective.

They played "Process is the punishment" and Pam never got on board with that.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (Y8DZL)

287 "How will AG YD procure free panthers," many of my detractors stupidly ask.

Well, it's simple. My detractors will be forced to capture wild panthers, under the watch of BOP snipers in helicopters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

288 Doncic is good but he plays zero defense and must eat about 5 cheeseburgers a day.
___

He's arguably an even bigger whiner than Lebron. Gives a bad impression of Slovenians who nearly all are rather stoic and reserved.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (Dv3i1)

289 Better to let him win the general and then resign and Abbott can replace him with someone not named Cornyn. Or Phelan. Or Straus.

Posted by: Space Dad at April 02, 2026 01:52 PM (vTZFs)



I don't currently trust Abbott to do the right thing.........His biggest doner being a Pakistani national and mosques popping up all over Texas has me really reconsidering my support of Abbott.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (7Q7Ca)

290 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

If you want real deal blacksploitation, you have to go "Truck Turner" with Issac Hayes, Yaphet Koto, and Nichelle Nichols.
Posted by: front toward enemy at April 02, 2026 01:48 PM (TIizU)
____

Yup, already saw that! And anything of the era with Pam Grier. Cleopatra Jones was like a Disney version of those movies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

291 >>IMHO, the hold-up is islam. It's almost impossible to deal with make a deal with people who believe that god's will is that the win or die trying.


Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them?

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (TLp3A)

292 if Iran goes south"

That's quite a gulf...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (qSCCl)

293 Remember, whomever Trump nominates has to get through the Senate. The same Senate that includes Tillis, Murkowski and number of other RINOs.

If you are expecting some Ultra MAGA to get through confirmation you are dreaming.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)

294 Freaky world

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (cTDYk)

295 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

See 94 it's already a done deal

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:56 PM (kNAyK)

296 if Iran goes south"

That's quite a gulf...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (qSCCl)



Strait up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:56 PM (7Q7Ca)

297 Yeah, but is he a Global Icon™?

Posted by: King James at April 02, 2026 01:56 PM (2Ez/1)

298 Kind of a jarring thought but if William F Buckley were alive today I suspect he'd have been a never-Trumper. He died in 2008 IIRC well before the golden escalator moment in 2015, so we'll never know

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (xT8gx)

299 I went to *Walmart* recently and was shocked by the prices (I have a couple of local places that are extremely cost effective).

The damage from Bidenflation and the endless fraud we are finding is extreme.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:51

I like to have 'The Price is Right' on in the background.

When Canadians are looking at the prices and going 'DAMN!', things are.....not good.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Sco7b)

300 Trump's got the second term blues. Polls are dropping so throw a bone to the other side. Never works well.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (wGerL)

301 Good News, everyone!

The Dallas Mavericks have fired Jason Kidd and the cherry on top is they admitted that Kidd knew about the worst trade in sports history beforehand and lied about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (7Q7Ca)


Yay! But, way too little, way too late.

This is an almost exact analogy for the Biden "Presidency".

So much damage was done, that it will take years just to get back to what it was and that may never happen.

For the team or the nation.

At least, the Mavs don't have half of their team trying to destroy the team as we have with the Democrats.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (iJfKG)

302 Yeah, but is he a Global Icon™?
Posted by: King James at April 02, 2026 01:56 PM (2Ez/1)



You're a global clown. Piss off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (7Q7Ca)

303 >>No convictions likely for Dems in D.C. or Manhattan for sure.

>>But that shouldn't be the objective.

>>They played "Process is the punishment" and Pam never got on board with that.

How did the Virginia indictments of Comey and James turn out?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)

304 "Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them? "

SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

305 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (xT8gx)

Maybe maybe not. Schlafly endorsed him early before her unfortunate demise.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (kNAyK)

306 Should’ve used the J6 template on those who have waged war on Trump since 2016. There has been plenty of criminal behavior and lawfare that needs to be checked.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (4KUe5)


She couldn't. The "J6 template" worked because it happened in DC where the populace and the judiciary were all on board with sticking it to Trump people.

The folks who waged war on Trump do so from the safety of blue enclaves. Where they won't get indicted, or the charges will be dismissed, or they'll be found not guilty.

The belief that things will be sunny if only we have the right face in the manager's office is just going to lead to more unhappiness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (ExV1e)

307 Trump should get some big name national ambulance chaser type for AG.

You'll never find a lawyer who will be the upstanding beacon of goodness and wonderfulness everyone wants. And that person, if they exist, couldn't possibly be enough of a bastard to be a good AG.

Get a shit stirring ass kicker who doesn't give a rats ass about MAGA, but loves money and loves fighting more than money.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (eqMv7)

308
"Show bobs and vagene!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026

You see one bob, you’ve seen them all.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (Wmg4n)

309 281 >>>Abbott can replace him with someone not named Cornyn. Or Phelan. Or Straus.

Knowing Abbot he'll replace him with someone named Patel, Rasheesh, or Pajeet
Posted by: brak

Muhammed, Mohammed, or Muhammad.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (ycI94)

310 His biggest doner being a Pakistani national and mosques popping up all over Texas has me really reconsidering my support of Abbott."

Hey!

/Colony Ridge Development

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (qSCCl)

311 "Kind of a jarring thought but if William F Buckley were alive today I suspect he'd have been a never-Trumper."

WFB was a bad writer. There. I said it.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (N8ZBc)

312 Trump should get some big name national ambulance chaser type for AG.

You'll never find a lawyer who will be the upstanding beacon of goodness and wonderfulness everyone wants. And that person, if they exist, couldn't possibly be enough of a bastard to be a good AG.

Get a shit stirring ass kicker who doesn't give a rats ass about MAGA, but loves money and loves fighting more than money.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (eqMv7)



Tanned, rested and READY!

Posted by: The TEXAS HAMMER!!! at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (7Q7Ca)

313 Jim Adler for AG!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:59 PM (xT8gx)

314
sic transit gloria bondi

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 01:59 PM (n7rxJ)

315 You see one bob, you’ve seen them all.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM (Wmg4n)



Sportsbra!

Go BOOBS!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:59 PM (7Q7Ca)

316 AG James McGill

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (kNAyK)

317 You see one bob, you’ve seen them all.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 01:58 PM
++++

Hey. Let's not be too hasty here.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

318 I went to *Walmart* recently and was shocked by the prices"

Welcome to 2020. And 2021. And 2022. And 2023...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (qSCCl)

319 IMHO, the hold-up is islam. It's almost impossible to deal with make a deal with people who believe that god's will is that the win or die trying.


Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them?

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (TLp3A)


Well, remember there's shia vs sunni.

As well as radical "hey let's start the apocalypse!" a-holes versus "we gotta live in the real world" politicos.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (iJfKG)

320 Kind of a jarring thought but if William F Buckley were alive today I suspect he'd have been a never-Trumper. He died in 2008 IIRC well before the golden escalator moment in 2015, so we'll never know
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (xT8gx)


Buckley would have never tolerated a competitor to his position as "pope of the conservatives" and would have fought Trump to his own destruction. Buckley had been at the top for far too long and stayed there by destroying all the up and comers who would not support him, so he was flabby and entitled.
He destroyed conservativism to keep his own meal train runnin'

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

321 If I got to be the leader of a nation in the conflict, I certainly wouldn't choose Iran, but maybe I'm stupid lol.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (ycI94)

It is true that a Navy and Air Force can't occupy Iran, but it is also true that we really don't need to occupy Iran if having a stable state there isn't our military objective. If we slag the power stations, port facilities and oil fields, whatever happens on the ground isn't gonna be exported worldwide.

If some rump IGRC crawls out of the ashes, well we can sail right back with a few carriers and bomb them again indefinitely.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (8avO+)

322 Every time Trump spoke of Bondi he praised her.... I'm thinking the Swallwell story "might" be true.. Or something like it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (FtULh)

323 312, 313...
I want one of those sledgehammers....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (qSCCl)

324 Atlantic: Trump is a modern Hitler because...they both liked big architecture. (Yeah, I know, crazy that the fascist dictator/failed art student who burnt modern art liked classic architecture. Shocking, that.)

Hitler’s Edifice Complex - Timothy W. Ryback
He wanted it big. He wanted lots of gold, lots of marble. He wanted visitors awestruck by his architectural expansion of the country’s symbolic seat of power. “They should sense the strength and grandeur of the German Reich as they walk from the entrance to the reception hall,” Adolf Hitler told his chief architect, Albert Speer, outlining his plans for an extension to the old Reich chancellery...

The new annex, connected...by a marble corridor hung with crystal chandeliers, was part of Hitler’s ambitious plans to align the Berlin cityscape with his vision for the future of the country. Hitler wanted a Triumphbogen, a triumphal arch, twice the size of the Arc de Triomphe...He wanted an “Avenue of Splendor” for military parades. “The Champs-Élysées is a hundred meters wide,” Hitler told Speer. “We will make our avenue twenty meters wider.” A planned “Hall of the People” was to be topped by the largest swastika on Earth.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (Eng1Z)

325 If you think she’s like some kind of genius, you’re wrong. She’s a malicious halfwit.

?! Such vitriol. Schlichter must be in the same tier as Candace. Neither of them matter.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (iFEms)

326 304 "Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them? "

Islamic countries aligned with the US:
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- UAE
- Jordan
- Oman
- Bahrain

Islamic countries allied with Iran:
- England
- France
- Spain
- Germany

SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (cKPyM)

327 288 Doncic is good but he plays zero defense and must eat about 5 cheeseburgers a day.
___

He's arguably an even bigger whiner than Lebron. Gives a bad impression of Slovenians who nearly all are rather stoic and reserved.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (Dv3i1)


Top-tier NCAA men's basketball teams are getting top-heavy with foreigners. Mostly from Eastern Europe and Africa. So far.

You go where the talent is, like baseball did with getting Latin American players. Now it's Japan and Korea that are more and more the area of operations for a lot of baseball talent scouts.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (5rh/l)

328 It is being announced that Bondi is out.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (Q/FnY)

329 I volunteer to be Attorney General. I will work for free and I will make prisoners construct the panther pits, also for free.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (BI5O2)

--------------

YD for AG -- pass it on!

Make Woodchippers Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (59aDg)

330 Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

Was he that bad at the end? I had no idea.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:02 PM (kNAyK)

331 Islamic countries allied with Iran:
- England
- France
- Spain
- Germany


heh

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:02 PM (j+aD2)

332 >>Every time Trump spoke of Bondi he praised her.... I'm thinking the Swallwell story "might" be true.. Or something like it...

From Jonathan Turley who knows DC and the DC legal community.

>>@JonathanTurley
·
18m
>>The news of the departure of Pam Bondi hit with a thunderclap in Washington. There were some recent rumors, but nothing concrete in the prior week. Bondi is the ultimate loyalist who, like Todd Blanche (the new acting AG), earned her bones in the trenches with the President in impeachment and criminal trials...

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:02 PM (viF8m)

333 Legal scholar, John Yoo on Fox thinks it's because if the Democrats take the House They are going to automatically impeach Trump and he needs someone that has the inside Washington experience of fighting impeachment

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:02 PM (NpAcC)

334 but it is also true that we really don't need to occupy Iran if having a stable state there isn't our military objective"

Ever been to that part of the world? Western states they... never will be. We need to get that in our heads.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (qSCCl)

335 Why on God's green earth would Bondi leak anything at all to Fartwell?? Why would she communicate anything with that creep?? Could that story be true? I'm incredulous...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (xT8gx)

336
Hitler’s Edifice Complex - Timothy W. Ryback
He wanted it big. He wanted lots of gold, lots of marble. He wanted visitors awestruck by his architectural expansion of the country’s symbolic seat of power.



So, he was Saddam Hussein?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (7Q7Ca)

337 There's an odd smell to this story...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM


* smiles *

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (0sNs1)

338 Islamic countries allied with Iran:
- England
- France
- Spain
- Germany
- Canada
- Australia

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

339 Kind of a jarring thought but if William F Buckley were alive today I suspect he'd have been a never-Trumper. He died in 2008 IIRC well before the golden escalator moment in 2015, so we'll never know
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (xT8gx)

Standing athwart history yelling stop is no way to go through life, young man.
Dean Wormer, laughing as Kevin Bacon's character gets trampled while hollering All is Well!
WFB, the OG grifter

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (zafwz)

340 WFB was a bad writer. There. I said it.
Posted by: gp

"The Unmaking of a Mayor" was a hoot.

At least give Buckley credit for the ridiculing of John Lindsey.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Y8DZL)

341 "Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them? "

SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

Nobody in the area liked Iran, they just feared them. If we abandoned the anti IGRC war they might revert to that, or bomb them themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (8avO+)

342 He's arguably an even bigger whiner than Lebron.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (Dv3i1)



This is not possible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (7Q7Ca)

343 > The problem with that approach is what allowed Biden to go after J6ers so fast and loose was it was done with DC juries. The same ones that will never convict a Democrat of jaywalking.
-----------
Do all DoJ cases have to be handled through DC juries? I mean, can any DoJ case be brought up in, say TX or FL rather than DC? What's the requirement to have a case heard elsewhere?

The purported crime done there? Or the purported victim? In either case I think the DoJ should be able to swing it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (AkEZC)

344 333 Legal scholar, John Yoo on Fox thinks it's because if the Democrats take the House They are going to automatically impeach Trump and he needs someone that has the inside Washington experience of fighting impeachment
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:02 PM (NpAcC)

So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)

345 16 The Blade is available to serve as AG. Just saying ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01

Are you able to be confirmed? I am thinking lots of skeletons. But I will be your paralegal if it goes through.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)

346 I like big buttresses and I cannot lie

Posted by: Big Architecture at April 02, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

347 Don’t forget about my unforgettable titties!

Posted by: Alina Habba at April 02, 2026 02:05 PM (OTOad)

348 Every time Trump spoke of Bondi he praised her.... I'm thinking the Swallwell story "might" be true.. Or something like it...

He may have given her that as a final assignment, as it gives her some cover to be 'trusted' by the TV circuit crowd.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 02:05 PM (iFEms)

349 IMHO, the hold-up is islam. It's almost impossible to deal with make a deal with people who believe that god's will is that the win or die trying.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (iJfKG)

For all the talk about that, there seems to be a lot of hiding and bunkering up in Iran rather than this kamikaze offensive.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 01:53 PM (8avO+)


I would say they're still thinking they can win this thing. And islam doesn't demand a kamikaze attack.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)

350 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm..."

The walls, they are falling off.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (qSCCl)

351 Trump is considering Lee Zeldin for Pam's replacement.
He's doing a great job at EPA. Trump doesn't have time to have to have 2 positions open taking up time for confirmation.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

352 WFB's spat on live TV with Gore Vidal was quite entertaining.

Posted by: PabloD at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (FBzMg)

353 but it is also true that we really don't need to occupy Iran if having a stable state there isn't our military objective"

Ever been to that part of the world? Western states they... never will be. We need to get that in our heads.
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (qSCCl)

Rome handled its borders for centuries with some carrots and the occasional punitive attack that broke a lot of stuff the barbarians had built up and made them cautious for a generation or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (8avO+)

354 WFB's best moment by far: Calling Gore Vidal a queer on live television and threatening to sock him in his god damned face.... what a classic moment

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (xT8gx)

355 "Every time Trump spoke of Bondi he praised her."

You can't believe everything he says publicly. YMMV.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)

356
All I would ask for is food and lodging, but my tastes are simple and austere. It would just have to be on a large, heavily defended military base with joint operations and commanders who know what true justice really means.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (BI5O2)

357 >>Do all DoJ cases have to be handled through DC juries? I mean, can any DoJ case be brought up in, say TX or FL rather than DC? What's the requirement to have a case heard elsewhere?

Crimes have to be prosecuted in the district they happened. The DOJ can't just randomly pick a district and try a case.

This is why it is ironically good news they raided Mar A Lago. That's why a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida is hearing evidence about the conspiracy against Trump instead of the case being heard in DC.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (viF8m)

358 343 > The problem with that approach is what allowed Biden to go after J6ers so fast and loose was it was done with DC juries. The same ones that will never convict a Democrat of jaywalking.
-----------
Do all DoJ cases have to be handled through DC juries? I mean, can any DoJ case be brought up in, say TX or FL rather than DC? What's the requirement to have a case heard elsewhere?

The purported crime done there? Or the purported victim? In either case I think the DoJ should be able to swing it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (AkEZC)

The locus of the crime...you need some element of the crime occurring in the jurisdiction.

J6 was obviously DC.

It's why I said the law should be changed for DC occurring crimes so that any state could hear them...but no one has done that...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (tOcjL)

359 I would say they're still thinking"

That presupposes "breathing"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (qSCCl)

360 Legal scholar, John Yoo on Fox
--------

This isn't your first clue its bullshit?

When things turn around and Republicans hold (barring a rash of 2018 style "sudden retirements"), where will these legal scholars be? Oh yeah just peddling more garbage.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (kNAyK)

361 Honestly, a cinder block would do a better job than Bondi.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (abIsI)

362 355 "Every time Trump spoke of Bondi he praised her."

You can't believe everything he says publicly. YMMV.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)


Obviously... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (FtULh)

363 SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)


SA, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain just got told they can either control the Gulf themselves, or someone European is going to

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)

364 341 "Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them? "

SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

Nobody in the area liked Iran, they just feared them. If we abandoned the anti IGRC war they might revert to that, or bomb them themselves.
Posted by: Oldcat

I know little but I fear the influence of Qatar the most if it sides or stands quietly with Iran.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (NFX2v)

365 352, 354 - More horde mind

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (xT8gx)

366 Yup, already saw that! And anything of the era with Pam Grier. Cleopatra Jones was like a Disney version of those movies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

How great was Nichelle Nichols as the Madam of the whorehouse, as she introduced her girls: "This is Turnpike. You gotta pay to get on, and ya gotta pay to get off."

Posted by: front toward enemy at April 02, 2026 02:08 PM (TIizU)

367 Do all DoJ cases have to be handled through DC juries? I mean, can any DoJ case be brought up in, say TX or FL rather than DC? What's the requirement to have a case heard elsewhere?

The purported crime done there? Or the purported victim? In either case I think the DoJ should be able to swing it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (AkEZC)


The case is brought where the 'crime' happened.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:08 PM (ExV1e)

368 338 Islamic countries allied with Iran:
- England
- France
- Spain
- Germany
- Canada
- Australia
Posted by: Stateless

All run by socialist parties that don't have actual majorities, but the world hate America coalition is a rabid beast.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 02:08 PM (Y8DZL)

369 Standing athwart history yelling stop is no way to go through life, young man.
____

I never understood that as a rallying cry. Sounds defeatist.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 02:08 PM (Dv3i1)

370 SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

SA, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain just got told they can either control the Gulf themselves, or someone European is going to
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)

They should hire some USN destroyer flotillas on a cash basis.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)

371 >>>The news of the departure of Pam Bondi hit with a thunderclap in Washington. There were some recent rumors, but nothing concrete in the prior week. Bondi is the ultimate loyalist...

Funny, this doesn't surprise me at all. Trump is running out of time, he NEEDS results before the midterms. He needs a wartime Pam Bondi who will go to the mattresses.

She wasn't loyal enough to actually fire anyone huge or jail anyone big enough to scare the dems into doing the people's work and not theirs.

I don't care how loyal she is. If she fired moles and traitors in house, great. But none of that translated to indicting all the vile people we've been screaming about. The people who will impeach Trump and build a gallows for him the second the midterms swing their way.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (Eng1Z)

372 Honestly, a cinder block would do a better job than Bondi.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (abIsI)


Dude, you shouldn't be so hot to get rid of Bondi, if she goes you will have to find someone else to obsess about

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)

373 occasional punitive attack that broke a lot of stuff the barbarians had built up and made them cautious for a generation or so"

An excellent plan

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (qSCCl)

374 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
*****
The Left is energized and our side is complacent.
We definitely could lose the House and the Senate.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (NpAcC)

375 The Blade is available to serve as AG. Just saying ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01

Are you able to be confirmed? I am thinking lots of skeletons. But I will be your paralegal if it goes through.
Posted by: Piper


There are some great handles here that you could ask to vouch for you in front of Congress. It's unfortunate that Masturbatin' Pete is no longer in good standing.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (iFEms)

376 Welp, that was third IG.

Thats all you get.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 02:10 PM (Li9FJ)

377 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
*****
The Left is energized and our side is complacent.
We definitely could lose the House and the Senate.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (NpAcC)

The house, yes. Not the senate

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:10 PM (xT8gx)

378 Trump is considering Lee Zeldin for Pam's replacement.
He's doing a great job at EPA. Trump doesn't have time to have to have 2 positions open taking up time for confirmation.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (NpAcC)


He wouldn't need to leave EPA until/unless he was confirmed at DOJ so the confirmation would be sequential.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:10 PM (ExV1e)

379 Mary Katherine Ham has had some great responses to anyone mocking Mrs. Kirk. When Candace said, for example, she's faking because she smiled as a new widow. Unreal.

Ham should know, since her husband died in a bike accident when her children were 2yrs old and one two months before birth. My own SIL had to deal with the sudden cardiac death of her husband (my dude's brother) when her boys were 4 and 3yrs old. It is hell on earth, and like MK Ham says, no one should have to go through this depth of grief. And certainly no one should judge Kirk as Owens has. Made worse by her "platform" to trumpet her delusions.

Regarding Bondi: I don't know why she did or didn't do as people wanted her to. If she did, in fact, tip off SwallowingWell, I will not defend her at all. I did not think she was "in over her head" in the beginning, but I guess she was.

I hope President Trump finally gets an AG who will FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 02:10 PM (WONhk)

380 Where is the outrage at the DOJ lawyers who are responsible for building and trying the cases you all want to see?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (+nEug)

381 They should hire some USN destroyer flotillas on a cash basis.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)


I am told they have pretty good surface fleets, for patrolling the gulf, but anything they lack they can afford. IF they control the gulf.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

382
Now I'll have to read up on Todd Blanche. How different will things look once he takes over?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (n7rxJ)

383 Another New Yorker PDJT should consider for a cabinet job is Elise Stefanik.

Her most basic belief is attack, attack, attack, and I think that's a good platform these days. Do unto them first.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (eFLnD)

384 They should hire some USN destroyer flotillas on a cash basis."

Ahem.

/ The Cajun Navy

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (qSCCl)

385 377 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
*****
The Left is energized and our side is complacent.
We definitely could lose the House and the Senate.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (NpAcC)

The house, yes. Not the senate
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:10 PM (xT8gx)

Oh, we could lose the Senate...it doesn't take many surprise states to do so...again, if women keep being demonized and prices stay high and we stay at war, women will overwhelmingly turn out and men stay home, like VA's election last year...and then you get unprecedented results...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (tOcjL)

386 Trump has made a statement saying what a "good " job Pam did and that she will be starting an exciting new job in the private sector to be announced soon...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (FtULh)

387
You can't believe everything he says publicly. YMMV.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)


Obviously... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (FtULh)

I've mentioned before that Brit Lass is a lot like Trump. Like scarily so.

Watching him run in 2016 was like watching her run for president. That's how I was pretty sure he was gonna win. With Micturating Pete yelling at me that I was a big idiot the whole summer.

And yeah basically if she was in charge, the media would scream at her "BUT YOU SAID (blah)!!!" Her answer? "I've slept since."

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (kNAyK)

388 My assessment of Pam Bondi is that she is remarkably attractive.

Lovely, Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it?

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (GPa4z)

389 Legal scholar, John Yoo on Fox
--------

This isn't your first clue its bullshit?

When things turn around and Republicans hold (barring a rash of 2018 style "sudden retirements"), where will these legal scholars be? Oh yeah just peddling more garbage.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (kNAyK)
*******
Fox has changed for the better.
I have always liked John Yoo. He's smart and I usually agree with him 99% of the time.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (NpAcC)

390 women keep being demonized and prices stay high"

Excuse me? WTF?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (qSCCl)

391 Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (abIsI)

392
I know little but I fear the influence of Qatar the most if it sides or stands quietly with Iran.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:07 PM (NFX2v)

Saudis have 75000 in their army, Qatar has about a third of that in all their armed forces.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

393 375
There are some great handles here that you could ask to vouch for you in front of Congress. It's unfortunate that Masturbatin' Pete is no longer in good standing.
Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 02

As the paralegal, I don’t need to be confirmed. plus I am really boring, so it wouldn’t be much fun.

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (Wmg4n)

394 "Legal scholar", John Yoo is an idiot. Better interpretation is that there are many cases to challenge voter registration, etc. that need to be done before midterms, that need some energy. Maybe a possible law suit of result in Pam Beach just for the fun of it.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (GD0B3)

395 382
Now I'll have to read up on Todd Blanche. How different will things look once he takes over?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (n7rxJ)

They'll be slower and even more static...b/c no one cares about an acting and he won't rock the boat to make them care...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (tOcjL)

396 Dude, you shouldn't be so hot to get rid of Bondi, if she goes you will have to find someone else to obsess about
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)


He'll either go after Tulsi, since she's a she, or whoever is the new AG, since the issues which prevented Bondi from doing the things that people complain about will still be in place.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)

397 Oh, we could lose the Senate...it doesn't take many surprise states to do so...again, if women keep being demonized and prices stay high and we stay at war, women will overwhelmingly turn out and men stay home, like VA's election last year...and then you get unprecedented results...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (tOcjL)

Women are already gonna do that and demonized ? Who's being demonized ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (FtULh)

398 Nood Bondi > Nude Bondi

Take my mancard if you must
Posted by: 18-1
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I'll wait to see the pictures before I decide.
She does have a pretty face, though.

I think Trump.wants his version of Eric Holder in there, and Pam just wasn't cutting it.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (DAQKj)

399 Ah, I see the rumor that Bondi tipped off Swalwell comes from the Daily Mail.

Ok then.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (viF8m)

400 Fox has changed for the better.
I have always liked John Yoo. He's smart and I usually agree with him 99% of the time.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (NpAcC)

I'm happy to be wrong. I practically live out on a limb.

But you can't trust Fox. They've shown what they are.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (kNAyK)

401 >>> I've mentioned before that Brit Lass is a lot like Trump. Like scarily so. Watching him run in 2016 was like watching her run for president. That's how I was pretty sure he was gonna win.

Ok I'm missing something, my brain is not connecting the dots. Who is Brit Lass?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (Eng1Z)

402 Saudis have 75000 in their army, Qatar has about a third of that in all their armed forces."

Texas and Louisiana chuckle

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (qSCCl)

403 I honestly think it is too early to predict mid-terms. Hold.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (WONhk)

404 They should hire some USN destroyer flotillas on a cash basis.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)

I am told they have pretty good surface fleets, for patrolling the gulf, but anything they lack they can afford. IF they control the gulf.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

Well the US isn't gonna let a force it doesn't like set up shop in the Gulf for long.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (8avO+)

405 403 I honestly think it is too early to predict mid-terms. Hold.

absolutely too early

its all just FUD

all they got and they got a lot so

eat up!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (j+aD2)

406 400
But you can't trust Fox. They've shown what they are.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (kNAyK)

I have not forgiven them for when the Murdochs celebrated Trump's defeat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (N39Ws)

407 Saudis have 75000 in their army, Qatar has about a third of that in all their armed forces.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (8avO+)

Can the Saudi's still send their manservants in their stead if called to active duty?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (zafwz)

408 390 women keep being demonized and prices stay high"

Excuse me? WTF?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:12 PM (qSCCl)

Trump keeps firing his inner female folks, and folks here keep applauding that...what do you think Dems will do with that in their attack ads?

They'll have a picture of Trump's current team...and point it out every single day the only folks he's fired from it...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)

409
Why on God's green earth would Bondi leak anything at all to Fartwell?? Why would she communicate anything with that creep?? Could that story be true? I'm incredulous...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

==============

That's what I'm trying to figure out. Unless the leak was inadvertent and she's being fired for incompetence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (n7rxJ)

410 Ok I'm missing something, my brain is not connecting the dots. Who is Brit Lass?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (Eng1Z)

My lovely other half.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (kNAyK)

411 The Blade is available to serve as AG. Just saying ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01

Are you able to be confirmed? I am thinking lots of skeletons. But I will be your paralegal if it goes through.
Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
______

[Insert "monkey side eye" meme]

No real skeletons but I doubt I'm the kind of guy who would appeal to the RINO squishes in the Senate. Plus, as a single guy who was heavy into the party scene, there's no doubt they could find some girl somewhere to make up Kavanagh-like claims about me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

412 have pretty good surface fleets"

Who?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (XuXeR)

413 see now I want to meet/befriend three dots' wife

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

414 She was the Sean Hannity of the cabinet.

Noem was the bimbo.

Neither should have been appointed in the first place.

I strongly doubt the rumors about Tulsi, but we'll see.

Posted by: alanon at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (jHMkm)

415 Trump must forego the formal Senate AG confirmation route and maneuver/force a recess appointment of an aggressive AG.

The MAGA base craves traitor/seditionist political( ie Prosecuted ) blood.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (cpNfP)

416 "The left is energized"

With what? Soros money?

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (pvf3X)

417 The SOROS 6 month SUMMER OFFENSIVE begins logistical ramping up June 1. Entry level rally/riot positions still open,! Sign up now

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (rnhWE)

418 363. ... or someone European is going to
Posted by: Kindltot

Action News, minutes ago, 'UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz'
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press Apr 2, 2026 Updated 13 mins ago

Yes, the fighting diplomats are ...talking.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (NFX2v)

419 Trump keeps firing his inner female folks, "

Yeah. And keeps all the men. Right, Matt?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (XuXeR)

420 I think Trump.wants his version of Eric Holder in there, and Pam just wasn't cutting it.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (DAQKj)


Then he needed to replace 108% of the GOP Senate, 115% of the DC judiciary, and 78% of SCOTUS.

Lacking that, he ain't getting what he wants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (ExV1e)

421 Women are already gonna do that and demonized ? Who's being demonized ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:13 PM (FtULh)
==============
It's a mystery.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (eFLnD)

422 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

OMG you two would be friends even though she generally hates women - both of you are little sparks

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (kNAyK)

423 419 Trump keeps firing his inner female folks, "

Yeah. And keeps all the men. Right, Matt?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (XuXeR)

Matt never made it to the picture...or through confirm, so he couldn't BE fired...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:17 PM (tOcjL)

424 >>"Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with Christine Fang," Nieto wrote.


Nieto is a reporter for the Daily Mail.

The one ace won't link, and neither will I, because they routinely make up shit for clicks.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (viF8m)

425 They'll have a picture of Trump's current team"

The future?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (XuXeR)

426 I want Harmeet Dhillon as AG. Her work in the civil rights division has been magnificent. Absolute tough-as-nails, smart baller. C'mon man!

Posted by: Candidus at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (b+5ub)

427
They'll be slower and even more static...b/c no one cares about an acting and he won't rock the boat to make them care...
Posted by: Nova Local

==============

Yeesh, perfect. Okay, how will things look different under the CONFIRMED guy? Whoever it is???

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (n7rxJ)

428 333 Legal scholar, John Yoo on Fox thinks it's because if the Democrats take the House They are going to automatically impeach Trump and he needs someone that has the inside Washington experience of fighting impeachment
Posted by: redridinghood

That makes sense. The last two times he seemed really worried, and was almost thrown out of office.../s

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (ycI94)

429 I want to meet/befriend three dots' wife

$20, same as in town

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (Kt19C)

430 20, same as in town

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (Kt19C)

Fuck off Lolol

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:19 PM (kNAyK)

431 374 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
*****
The Left is energized and our side is complacent.
We definitely could lose the House and the Senate.

Agent orange knows the media better than they know themselves -- CLOVERFIELD is coming.
https://tinyurl.com/LIBs-OrangeLotus
https://y.yarn.co/3e87a2c0-e900-4bd8-a1c6-452125e2a0f0.mp4


America250 Citizen Criteria: By this definition, how many really are?
A: STARSHIP TROOPERs -- citizenship is not a birthright; it is a status earned

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 02:19 PM (K9ch3)

432 425 They'll have a picture of Trump's current team"

The future?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (XuXeR)

2025 confirmed team with the Xs over the fired faces...

If Tulsi is out later, it becomes the easiest mailed postcard ad ever...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:19 PM (tOcjL)

433 So fuck you and also Kill Yourselves, please and thank you.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:12 PM

In that order, please.

Propriety.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

434 Buckley's proudest moment was tossing the Birchers from the conservative movement. If he were still alive, seeing him tackle the Nick Fuentes' of the Dudebro "conservative" space would have been interesting.

Except for Victor David Hanson, all the other "conservatives" at National Review fell like dominos to go NeverTrump when Trump ran. I like to think that Buckley was too smart to do that, and would have kept them in line. But I also think his ego would tell him he's better than Trump, so a man like that becoming president might have galled him enough to go NeverTrumper too. Who knows.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (Eng1Z)

435 So, Trump is also seeing a wipeout midterm...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
*****
The Left is energized and our side is complacent.
We definitely could lose the House and the Senate.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 02:09 PM (NpAcC)

Dem favorability is about 20 percent, and they are mostly certifiably insane on most issues.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (8avO+)

436 417 The SOROS 6 month SUMMER OFFENSIVE begins logistical ramping up June 1. Entry level rally/riot positions still open,! Sign up now
Posted by: Paul

Pride Month "ramping up"? Tell me more about the entry level stuff!

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (Y8DZL)

437 >>Trump must forego the formal Senate AG confirmation route and maneuver/force a recess appointment of an aggressive AG.

So you expect Thune to agree to a recess when neither he nor McConnell agreed to do one in 5 years because they don't want Trump making recess appointments?

Seems doubtful.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (viF8m)

438 BREAKING
Chuck Schumer ADMITS Democrats shut down DHS for nothing.
SCHUMER: “We held it up because we wanted, as I mentioned before, to reform ICE and CBP.”
. . . .
Chuck Schumer refuses to give President Trump any credit for paying employees after Democrats shut down DHS for weeks.
CNN: “Do you give him any credit for that, Senator?”
SCHUMER: “No"

-
I never knew Schmukie was only three years old.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ndZc7)

439 The initial Epstein reveal went very badly.

Posted by: MaxPower at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (FeNQl)

440 426 I want Harmeet Dhillon as AG. Her work in the civil rights division has been magnificent. Absolute tough-as-nails, smart baller. C'mon man!
Posted by: Candidus at April 02, 2026 02:18 PM (b+5ub)

She doesn't want it - makes too much money in the private sector...it's amazing she took the current job, but that is her private sector work area, so figures she'd cash in for that later...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)

441 2025 confirmed team with the Xs over the fired faces...

I'm gonna guess you don't know the Cabinet.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (XuXeR)

442 No idea what kind of job Bondi is really doing, but it did seem Trump was doing a bit of his own "DEI, conservative style" when he placed Bondi, Noem, and Gabbard.

Harmeet Dhillan also (another mature hot woman) but Harmeet seems like the real deal. Gabbard has been adequate, as far as I can tell.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (vbXSk)

443 Maybe the next DA can do their damned job instead of talking on Fox News constantly. For crying out loud how hard is this to figure out???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (El6/E)

444 >>> see now I want to meet/befriend three dots' wife
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

Me too! She can come sit by me at parties.

I'm picturing a combo of the Amelia memes from that failed propaganda animation and Maggie Thatcher. Am I off?

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:22 PM (Eng1Z)

445 By the way, the left's reaction?

TRUMP ONLY FIRES WOMEN!1!!!!!11!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:22 PM (El6/E)

446 So you expect Thune to agree to a recess when neither he nor McConnell agreed to do one in 5 years because they don't want Trump making recess appointments?

Seems doubtful.
Posted by: JackStraw

I don't understand...we're all on the same team, right?

Posted by: Republican Normie Voter at April 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ycI94)

447 She doesn't want it - makes too much money in the private sector...it's amazing she took the current job, but that is her private sector work area, so figures she'd cash in for that later...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)


Also, she's smart enough to know that she wouldn't accomplish more than Bondi - for the same reasons - and so her star would be tarnished.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ExV1e)

448 Trump keeps firing his inner female folks, and folks here keep applauding that...what do you think Dems will do with that in their attack ads?

They'll have a picture of Trump's current team...and point it out every single day the only folks he's fired from it...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)

He's just treating them as equals, what's the problem?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)

449 but Harmeet seems like the real deal. Gabbard has been adequate, as far as I can tell."

Bbbuttt he fired a woman! The wheels are closing in!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (XuXeR)

450 There is a Metric Fuckton of released evidence that there was a very large conspiracy within the DOJ and Whitehouse, during both the Biden and Obama Administrations, to get Trump.

Even so far as paying a STATE AG to go after him.

Yet, no charges filed. The idea that you can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham samich, does not seem to apply with the Bondi DOJ.

And somehow the DOJ can't argue effectively that Sanctuary City policies and statements, breaks the aiding and abetting law.... so Judges keep throwing the DOJ lawsuits against cities and states out.

So.... yeah... in the immortal words of that great Thespian, and Articulate Speachifier, Curly Bill Brocius?

Well.... bye...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (mP0Kj)

451 labor is still a chick
Harmeet still rocks it
I still like tulsi

so yeah nova we have stuff to be concerned about but the DEI status of the cabinet is not really a thing

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (j+aD2)

452 Action News, minutes ago, 'UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz'
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press Apr 2, 2026 Updated 13 mins ago

A simultaneous pretty please? With a cherry on top?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ndZc7)

453 Christopher Taylor, just what is the US Attorney General's job?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (+nEug)

454 Maybe the next DA can do their damned job instead of talking on Fox News constantly. For crying out loud how hard is this to figure out???
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (El6/E)

Maybe she went on TV to get the image of her husband's falsies out of her head.

Hell, I am surprised she did not suck start a shotgun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)

455 Before talking yourselves into "wipeout midterm", lets let the President hold his convention, and then see where we are. I for one think he can win a bigger margin in the House (and hold the Senate too).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (eFLnD)

456 He's just treating them as equals, what's the problem?


exactly

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

457 441 2025 confirmed team with the Xs over the fired faces...

I'm gonna guess you don't know the Cabinet.
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (XuXeR)

Big 3 fired if Tulsi ends up gone? No one cares about the lesser roles of Ag and Labor (and Ed lady is firing herself by midterms - she's said that's her goal, so she could also be out)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 02:24 PM (tOcjL)

458 I also like AAG Harmeet Dhillon for AG.

I don't know if Bondi's doing a good job or not. Wheels of justice grind slowly.

Promised too much with the "stack of papers on my desk", then did nothing. It's okay for the president to be on Fox news so much, but the AG? Bonding never seemed to be aggressive enough.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (otJlS)

459 Harmeet Dhillan also (another mature hot woman) but Harmeet seems like the real deal. Gabbard has been adequate, as far as I can tell.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 02:21 PM (vbXSk)

The fact that you don't hear much from Tulsi between some decent sized announcement leads me to think she's doing good work managing our traitorous spies.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (8avO+)

460 A simultaneous pretty please? With a cherry on top?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ndZc7)

Harsh language.

Posted by: Frost at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

461 abor is still a chick
Harmeet still rocks it"

Rollins is a man?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (XuXeR)

462 Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:22 PM (Eng1Z)

Amelia pretty much bang on. Thatcher far less so, she'd burn you for that one she's from a mining town - but she understands that commies are idiots and that you can't sell a country's silver.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (kNAyK)

463 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: Pam Bondi is being moved to a NEW position within the Trump administration, with DAG Todd Blanche stepping in as Interim Attorney General, President Trump tells Fox

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (ZxPkt)

464 OMG you two would be friends even though she generally hates women - both of you are little sparks

I have found that I tend to get along with and respect most women who don't particularly like most other women. What does that say about me?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (El6/E)

465 Hell, I am surprised she did not suck start a shotgun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)
===============
I'm just surprised she didn't put him down.

Posted by: Kristi's viszla at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (eFLnD)

466 Pam, I'm not firing you, it's that the administration has no need for your sit on your hands services.
Prepare

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (YvvFZ)

467 I don't understand...we're all on the same team, right?
Posted by: Republican Normie Voter at April 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ycI94)

Wrong analogy, Rube.
We're all in the same boat is more fitting
Now get back below deck and keep rowing, you're interrupting my dinner.

Posted by: Thurston Howell the Turd, better than you at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (zafwz)

468 When does Ann Coulter get one of these positions?
She's eminently qualified. Her hair is as long and blonde as any of these other women's hair.

Posted by: 29Victor at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (0MjtC)

469 Big 3"

That's funny right there.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (XuXeR)

470 Trump has lots of women in his administration Wiles, Leavitt, Gabbard, McMahon, Chavez, Loeffler, and Rollins.. I'm sure I missed some

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (FtULh)

471 Yes because the woman loving media is so nice to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem. What planet are they on?

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (kNAyK)

472 Action News, minutes ago, 'UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz'
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press Apr 2, 2026 Updated 13 mins ago

A simultaneous pretty please? With a cherry on top?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ndZc7)

You don't invite 40 countries if you want to get something done. Probably the Swiss and Chad could have stayed home for a naval operation.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (8avO+)

473 Christopher Taylor, just what is the US Attorney General's job?

As the chief of the DOJ, she's the one that makes sure that they get stuff done, directs them to take actions, and coordinates the FBI etc in their investigations and the cases they pursue.

Which, from all I can see, is not a whole hell of a lot in the past year.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:26 PM (El6/E)

474 Don’t forget about my unforgettable titties!
Posted by: Alina Habba

Trust me. I won't.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (yFlgz)

475 Trump has lots of women in his administration Wiles, Leavitt, Gabbard, McMahon, Chavez, Loeffler, and Rollins.. I'm sure I missed some"

But the wheels are falling in!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (XuXeR)

476 The idea that you can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham samich, does not seem to apply with the Bondi DOJ.

Do you really believe that a holdover attorney, who hasn't been replaced because the Senate won't confirm their replacement, can get a blue city grand jury to indict a Democrat? Or that, when they fail to do that, it's the AG's fault?

And somehow the DOJ can't argue effectively that Sanctuary City policies and statements, breaks the aiding and abetting law.... so Judges keep throwing the DOJ lawsuits against cities and states out.

Do you really believe that judges have been throwing out DOJ suits because they aren't arguing effectively, as opposed to the judges being on team blue?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ExV1e)

477 399 Ah, I see the rumor that Bondi tipped off Swalwell comes from the Daily Mail.

Ok then.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 02:14 PM (viF8m)

Then I would seriously discount it.

I think PDJT fired her last night after the dismal showing at yesterday's oral arguments on birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (y171U)

478 I want an AG who is part Patton, part Vlad The Impaler

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ZxPkt)

479 DeSantis would be a beast in the AG role

Posted by: Jose at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (V6W16)

480 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: Pam Bondi is being moved to a NEW position within the Trump administration, with DAG Todd Blanche stepping in as Interim Attorney General, President Trump tells Fox
Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (ZxPkt)

Governor General of Free Canada.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:29 PM (8avO+)

481 >>> Amelia pretty much bang on. Thatcher far less so, she'd burn you for that one she's from a mining town - but she understands that commies are idiots and that you can't sell a country's silver.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (kNAyK)

Heh. More Thatcher's spine of an Iron Lady, and her willingness to call out the idiocy of socialism, is what I was thinking, and less the union issues.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:29 PM (Eng1Z)

482 part Vlad The Impaler"

Ah. We forget the old ways...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

483 OMG you two would be friends even though she generally hates women - both of you are little sparks

I have found that I tend to get along with and respect most women who don't particularly like most other women. What does that say about me?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (El6/E)

You'd get along well with Elaine Benes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (xT8gx)

484 I think PDJT fired her last night after the dismal showing at yesterday's oral arguments on birthright citizenship.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (y171U)


I think not.. It was obvious that the justices had already made up their mind...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (FtULh)

485 Is nood.

Posted by: Ray Davies at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (LxER7)

486 443 Maybe the next DA can do their damned job instead of talking on Fox News constantly. For crying out loud how hard is this to figure out???

The only Job, and Only Priority, is, was, and should be Indicting Brennan for not only knowing about Epstein, but actively sponsoring and defending him, like all LIBs do.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (K9ch3)

487 I think PDJT fired her last night after the dismal showing at yesterday's oral arguments on birthright citizenship.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 02:28 PM (y171U)


I think not.. It was obvious that the justices had already made up their mind...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 02:30 PM (FtULh)

Sure, but did the case presented by his side look solid or weak? That is the question.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (8avO+)

488 The Three Specific Emails (JPMorgan/Epstein Context)

The "Birthday Book" Outreach (2011): The email outlines how the bank could use Epstein's personal relationships with these men to secure them as "Ultra High Net Worth" (UHNW) clients.

The Problem for Dimon: This contradicts his 2023 testimony that he was unaware of Epstein's activities. Investigators argue that "the top floor" of the bank was actively profiting from Epstein’s "black book" long after his 2008 conviction.

The "Wall of Cash" Email (2013):
An internal JPMorgan email discussing Epstein as a "top-tier referral source" for the bank's "Wall of Cash" program. The email allegedly notes that Epstein was a primary bridge to international dignitaries and intelligence-linked figures, specifically mentioning that "compliance concerns" regarding his past conviction should be managed to keep the pipeline open.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (K9ch3)

489 Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (ZxPkt)

really ? wow !

🤪

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

490 >>> 471 Yes because the woman loving media is so nice to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem. What planet are they on?

I was going to say...they are going to white knight the firing of a woman they hated so much, South Park depicted her as someone whose face slid off from too much plastic surgery and she shot dogs every five seconds.

Loyal to all women, they are not.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 02:31 PM (Eng1Z)

491
The Intelligence Link: This is where John Brennan’s name frequently surfaces in the 2026 inquiry.
and #3
The "Moscow/Russian" Date Email (2010):
An email from Epstein to a high-ranking contact (recently linked to the broader "Clinton network" in the files) regarding a meeting with a "clever, beautiful, trustworthy" Russian woman.

The Significance: This email is being used by the Trump DOJ to prove that Epstein was acting as a "broker" for foreign assets. If Brennan or Dimon knew Epstein was facilitating meetings between US elites and foreign nationals, their "doing nothing" moves from negligence to a national security failure.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 02:32 PM (K9ch3)

492 I have found that I tend to get along with and respect most women who don't particularly like most other women. What does that say about me?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:25 PM (El6/E)

that you like intelligent women?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)

493 Uh oh.

https://is.gd/3oqZIx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 02:32 PM (ndZc7)

494 392. Saudis have 75000 in their army, Qatar has about a third of that in all their armed forces.
Posted by: Oldcat

Yes, the high power pressure of the Saudis is major.

But the Houthis are...unhinged. (A good description 🤷‍♀️

International Crisis Center: The Houthis Enter the Middle East War: What Comes Next?
With the Middle East war into its second month, the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have joined the fray with an attack on Israel, raising questions about what they may do now. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Ahmed Nagi explores factors informing the group’s calculations.
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I also don't know anything about the International Crisis Center, its leanings, its accuracy or funding.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (NFX2v)

495 I want an AG who is part Patton, part Vlad The Impaler

Yeah we need Genghis freaking Khan (not Jenjis as lurch Kerry put it). Someone who follows Conan's philosophy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (El6/E)

496 But the Houthis are...unhinged. (A good description 🤷‍♀️

International Crisis Center: The Houthis Enter the Middle East War: What Comes Next?
With the Middle East war into its second month, the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have joined the fray with an attack on Israel, raising questions about what they may do now. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Ahmed Nagi explores factors informing the group’s calculations.
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I also don't know anything about the International Crisis Center, its leanings, its accuracy or funding.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 02:33 PM (NFX2v)

On what side?

Saudis had been playing army in Yemen for a while, but there is a whole desert between that front and anything important. Not seeing it as a factor.

Qatar is sitting there on its little peninsula and is pretty vulnerable if they get too sporty. The smart move would be to grab any Iran money and play good teammate.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 02:36 PM (8avO+)

497 Yeah we need Genghis freaking Khan (not Jenjis as lurch

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 02, 2026 02:35 PM (El6/E)

Wasn't it actually 'Chingis' in real life?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 02:37 PM (FmapG)

498 >>>468 When does Ann Coulter get one of these positions?
She's eminently qualified. Her hair is as long and blonde as any of these other women's hair.
Posted by: 29Victor
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You may go below deck and help Rube row.
... a little faster

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:43 PM (YvvFZ)

499 But the Houthis are...unhinged. (A good description 🤷‍♀️

International Crisis Center: The Houthis Enter the Middle East War: What Comes Next?
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In sequential order. ICBMs, cruise missiles, B-1 &2 bombers, F series jets, A-10 Warthogs with Blackhawks then B-52s.
Houtis, it's time to get your affairs in order.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (YvvFZ)

500 I have no problem with the right women in power. If you have some dour, stonehearted bitch in charge, she can be more ruthless than any man in the world.

Trump doesn't select for those mean bitches. He wants them photogenic, and a lady who's like "yeah, I ate the last man who fucked me" doesn't make for good press conferences.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 02:51 PM (BI5O2)

501 Which Islamic Countries are aligned with Iran as opposed to those aligned against them? "

SA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain are probably a bit peeved with Iran right now, but the situation is fluid.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

Nobody in the area liked Iran, they just feared them. If we abandoned the anti IGRC war they might revert to that, or bomb them themselves.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Defining "countries" hides a bit of nuance - the Sunni/Shia split.
Iran is majority Shia, and is the only Islamic country which is. Iraq has a large number of Shia, but is still majority Sunni. The first civil.war within Islam traces back to that split.
Trying to see which countries would ally with the US papers over that difference, and doesn't indicate much in the longer term.
With the exception of the Saudis, who view Iran as an existential threat to their claim of the leadership of the Muslim world, the remainder of those countries will ally with the US only on a temporary basis, and therefore cannot be counted on for much beyond press releases. But... when the kinetic part is over and we pull most of our forces out of the way, they will turn on Iran visciously.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 03:13 PM (DAQKj)

502 .
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Pam Bondi dindu nuffin, homes.

Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 04:07 PM (kt8QE)

503 Another casualty of Epstein.

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 04:16 PM (rp/sk)

504 I think Candice Owens wanted to be Ms. Charlie Kirk and still nurses a grudge against Erika Kirk because she got there first. Charlie and Erika started dating in 2019 and at the same time Owens left TPUSA. Kirk married Erika in 2021.

Scorned women will do all sorts of crazy ass shit. Not saying Charlie or Erika did a single thing wrong, more likely being scorned is all in Owen's head. She imagined herself marrying him someday, then along comes this blonde bimbo and takes the slot she wanted. Owens thinks she could be the grieving widow heading up TPUSA right now. She thinks someone must have conspired to keep her from this wonderful future she was destined for.

By the way, people forget she was hard core anti Republican and anti-trump in 2016. Claimed to be a conservative in 2017. Only worked at TPUSA in 2018 and 2019.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 05:24 PM (D7v4F)

505 Bondi has made a number of unforced errors. I like Zeldin a lot, but I'm not sure he is the right guy.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 02, 2026 05:26 PM (D7v4F)

506 I'm with Candace
I'll still read Ace's headlines tho

Posted by: Pkeaton at April 02, 2026 06:01 PM (YVXDe)

Trump Promotes Douglas Murray Article Blasting Tucker Carlson as a Sharia-Law-Promoting Holocaust-Denying Backstabber

Ryan Saavedra
@RyanSaavedra


President Trump posts an article by Douglas Murray that highlights Tucker Carlson's extremism, embrace of Islamists, and America Last:

The article is titled: "Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump"

Several of the top lines in the piece include:

-"While the president has advocated a strong defense of America's regional allies, Carlson has spent 100% of his time trying to turn the MAGA base against Israel and in favor of Islamist regimes."

-"His podcast has become a remorseless roll call of Holocaust deniers, antisemites, Islamic extremists and World War II revisionists."

-"While attacking Trump, Carlson eagerly softball-interviews people who love both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin."

-"While accusing everyone else of being obsessed with Israel, Carlson has obsessed about nothing else. While saying 'We're not allowed to talk about Jews,' he has talked about nothing but Jews."

-"This culminated in Carlson calling Trump's actions 'evil.' ... From being Trump cheerleaders, Carlson & co. are trying to do everything they can to destroy the president."

Murray's piece at the NYP is here.

In politics, it is often the people who you think have your back who end up stabbing you there.

Nobody knows that better than Donald Trump, who has been stabbed in the back more times than Julius Caesar -- yet has still survived.

This week, part of the noisy right-wing online podcast-sphere again turned on the president.

Leading the virtual charge, again, was Trump's one-time cheerleader, Tucker Carlson.

There was a time when Carlson was fully Team Trump.

I don't think so. Fox had to release Tucker Carlson's texts and emails during the Dominion lawsuit and Carlson stated he "truly hated" Trump and couldn't wait for Comey and Jack Smith to take him out so that he'd never have to hear from Trump again.

A lot of craven opportunists jumped on the MAGA bandwagon not because they supported Trump or MAGA, but because Trump represented a disruptive force that could break the ice of conservabot doctrine and reshape the right into something new. These opportunists -- these grifters, often actually white supremacists and Nazis and not just in the left-wing "this person disagrees with me so he must be a Nazi" way -- saw Trump's power to shatter old smug conservabot certainties and reform the pieces of the Republican coalition into a shape he preferred. These grifters did not support Trump's vision of what the re-made party should look like. They had a dark, extremist, and yes frankly Nazi/White Supremacist agenda. They just temporarily supported Trump because their goals equally relied upon shattering the old conservabot/neocon alliance. And they hoped that by sucking up to Trump, they could convince him that their totally-new ideas about white supremacy and anti-Jewish hatred should finally be given a try. (Like communism, Real Naziism has never been tried.) And even if Trump refused to bend to their will, why, as long as they were seen as close to Trump, they could emerge as his successors after Trump was term-limited and retired.

Carlson often appeared at Trump rallies as part of the warmup act.


But in the past year, he has tried to lead the MAGA base away from Trump and down a very dark path.

Fortunately, the Trump base hasn't followed him there.

The president's strong Middle East policy seems to have particularly deranged his one-time supporter.

While the president has advocated a strong defense of America's regional allies, Carlson has spent 100% of his time trying to turn the MAGA base against Israel and in favor of Islamist regimes.

His podcast has become a remorseless roll call of Holocaust deniers, antisemites, Islamic extremists and World War II revisionists.

While attacking Trump, Carlson eagerly softball-interviews people who love both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

Quite an achievement.

Undermining

While accusing everyone else of being obsessed with Israel, Carlson has obsessed about nothing else.

While saying "We're not allowed to talk about Jews," he has talked about nothing but Jews.

This obsession has culminated in a total derangement over the president's Iran policy.

Carlson and other people in the right-wing podcast-sphere pretend to be confused by the president acting to stop the mullahs from getting an atomic bomb.

At one and the same time, they say Iran was never seeking nuclear weapons. And that Iran has the right to nuclear weapons.

They pretend the Iranians were nowhere near having a nuclear weapon. But that it would be understandable if they were.

This culminated in Carlson calling Trump's actions "evil."

And suggesting he has once again been manipulated by, well -- guess who?

From being Trump cheerleaders, Carlson & co. are trying to do everything they can to destroy the president.

It is true.

Meanwhile, Candace Owens has made it explicit and commanded her deranged, retarded followers to acquit the gay furry leftist murderer of her "best friend" Charlie Kirk.


Who could have predicted this>

From last June:

She's a literal madwoman. Oh, she's also evil and demonic, but she is a schizophrenic lunatic. There is literally not one bizarre conspiracy theory she does not believe in passionately.

Ghosts tell her secret conspiracy theories about bees in dreams and she feels "vibes" and there is no higher standard of evidence than that.

So does Tucker, for that matter:



Happy Thursday!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:13 PM




Comments

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1 Morning Ace.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:14 PM (ExV1e)

3 Willowed:
210 As I mentioned, VA and the enormous outside donated funds are making a play for every female vote for the redistricting. What better way to AGAIN seal a VA election than to put out rumors that Trump is ditching or mad at EVERY high level female on his staff...

So, that's the play now with the VA election at 19 days to go and huge new early voting spots opening Saturday.

VA's 4 seats are a Dems dream...so they will do ANYTHING to get them...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (tOcjL)

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 12:15 PM (tOcjL)

4 Morning!

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:16 PM (1wjle)

5
Comfortably nestled among the top ten.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (iJfKG)

6 These people are funny.

No, seriously. Makes a great comedy skit.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

7
CandiO sports the googly eyes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (xG4kz)

8 Top Ten again. Who would have thunk it?

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (sgrzZ)

9 I am hopeful that if I take a lot of creatine I can really focus and get half or more of tomorrow's posts written today so I can start the Easter weekend early.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (1wjle)

10 spring cleaning. good.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (GD0B3)

11 I wonder if she's going to claim that the Artemis mission is a hoax?

Posted by: Josephistan at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (y9ksN)

12 In politics, it is often the people who you think have your back who end up stabbing you there.
---------

See: "Et tu Brute"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (XeU6L)

13 Social Blade indicates Carlson's shows are increasing dramatically in subs and views. We are a retarded nation.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfb5awk

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:18 PM (abIsI)

14 Who is Douglas Murray?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

15 Jeebus, Tucker is way up Ace's butt. First rule, determine who is paying Tucker. Methinks it is the Arabs or the Manhattans. Just not sure.

My biggest question is why British Chicks morph into manly gentlewomen as they age? And then there are the British Toofins.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 12:18 PM (n17eQ)

16 Effing bloodsucking parasites. Makes me want to go through the lot with a flamethrower.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 02, 2026 12:18 PM (OUMaO)

17 Douglas Murray could make a career going after people in the US media.

A lot of people could.

Probably be best to break up the work because the evil and stupid overflows....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (Sco7b)

18 >>>12 I wonder if she's going to claim that the Artemis mission is a hoax?

well she doesn't believe we landed on the moon and has proclaimed that space itself is "fake and gay"

real intellectual here

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (1wjle)

19 "A lot of craven opportunists jumped on the MAGA bandwagon not because they supported Trump or MAGA, but because Trump represented a disruptive force that could break the ice of conservabot doctrine and reshape the right into something new."

I dunno, that might be part of it for some of these clowns. But I don't think it was mostly about reshaping doctrine or policy. It was mostly about cold hard cash.

I think they're whoring remoras and saw an opportunity to attach themselves to a very big fish. They milked the Trump Train that for all it was worth, and then saw new whoring opportunities as anti-Trump crusaders.

They follow the money. No matter what.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

20 And in this post, we’re all supposed to pretend Tucker Carlson is a bigger danger to our side than the ‘Rats’

Not even a fraction.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (jbnUc)

21 I'm thinking that Thorazine gummies should be handed out by the pallet load for some people.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (+4yJ5)

22 There has got to be a back story to the Carlson and Owens descent into madness.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (AkEZC)

23 I think Tucker has a pork tapeworm larva lodged in his brain.

I call him Worm Brain for short.

Posted by: RFK Jr. at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (/1l9x)

24 But has he ever been there?

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 12:20 PM (cpys8)

25 Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are disgusting people. No they’re not crazy or insane… they know exactly what they’re doing. I don’t know if their motivations are money or hate or what… but they’re doing these things intentionally; there’s no crazy excuse here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:20 PM (uq8Bc)

26 I wonder if she's going to claim that the Artemis mission is a hoax?"

It is SO CHEESE!!!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:20 PM (XuXeR)

27 Douglas Murray recognizes the biggest threat to civilization is Islam.

He's trying to sound the alarm but not enough are listening.


Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 12:20 PM (N1DT3)

28 >>>0 There is definitely room for rugged individualism and differences of opinion inside conservative circles, which is why we must ostracize and unperson Tucker Carlson for his opposing view.

We are not drones.

Should we support Adam Schiff and Eric Swallwell too? We wouldn't want to ostracize them for their opposing views either, right?

This is what you Nazis do not get: You are not my ally with a different view. You are my enemy. I have no desire to align or ally with you, ever, and in fact would vote for a liberal Democrat to keep you out of power.

You are my enemy. Stop your faggoty cloying whining about me "ostracizing" you. I ostracize my enemies. Sometimes, as with Iran's mullahs, I actually support killing them.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (1wjle)

29 I'm thinking that Thorazine gummies should be handed out by the pallet load for some people."

Hmmm. Not bad, not bad at all...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (XuXeR)

30 I saw The Whoring Remoras open for The Dead Milkmen at the Troc in 88. They kicked sss!

Posted by: Josephistan at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (y9ksN)

31 That video is something else... AI is scary

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (FtULh)

32 are we clear now, Champ?

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (1wjle)

33 There has got to be a back story to the Carlson and Owens descent into madness.

Posted by: Martini Farmer


No need to descend to get where you've always been.

Tucker's always been a grifter, following the breeze to where the money blows.

Owens has always been a nutjob.

Sometimes the answers really are that simple.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (OUMaO)

34 Who is Douglas Murray?

A European homosexual atheist.
Posted by: Definitely Not a Drone at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (qVrCy)

fuck off , banned troll

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (GD0B3)

35 European homosexual atheists.

Is there anything they DON'T know?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (2Ez/1)

36 I think the puppet video might be AI. Shocking, I know.

Also, Nova Local, that's a very interesting theory. It makes sense.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

37 >>>34 That video is something else... AI is scary

yup. creep city.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (1wjle)

38 I’m not a big fan of Douglas Murray… mainly because he’s so smug it’s off putting…. But there’s no denying he’s smart and usually on the correct side of the argument

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (uq8Bc)

39 The Nutter Lunatic Fringe cohort must be bigger than I thought for sustaining the likes of Carlson and Owens.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (pDt9x)

40 creatine is pretty great I have to admit!

on my doctor's rec I stopped all my supplements and just do daily creatine (and fiber stuff I forget what it's called)

all my labs were BETTER this year and I have felt fantastic! I can work later at night again rather than it just being "sleepy time" lol

also Tucker is an ass, a smacked ass, a crum bum, etc etc

always been pretty obvious to me. and no he was never "pro trump"

CRUMB. BUMS. the lot of them!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:22 PM (j+aD2)

41 Who is Douglas Murray?"

Anne Murray's brother? Sister? Who knows...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

42 Trump Promotes Douglas Murray Article Blasting Tucker Carlson as a Sharia-Law-Promoting Holocaust-Denying Backstabber

-
Ah, a SLPHDB.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (1VQ1H)

43 Look you guys! We have Cucker Tarlon fangirl here! what an original thinker! Tell us about chemtrails, neocons and Ishrael!

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (GD0B3)

44 I like Murray. he has a lovely voice.

and he's smart

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (j+aD2)

45 Sometimes the answers really are that simple."

Yep.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

46 Candace Owens is morphing into ET.

Candace phone home.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (IifOV)

47 >>>46 Look you guys! We have Cucker Tarlon fangirl here! what an original thinker! Tell us about chemtrails, neocons and Ishrael!

don't ostracize someone with Different Views, fascist!!!

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)

48 But has he ever been there?"

Have you ever been mellow?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (XuXeR)

49 Cucker is a leftist, always was. Just like all of them , got on a maga bandwagon, because they could no vote for Bernie Sanders.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (GD0B3)

50 47 I like Murray. he has a lovely voice.

and he's smart
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (j+aD2)

Wicked smart . I've seen him on Gutfeld of all places..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (FtULh)

51 Who is Douglas Murray?

Didn't he have a dance studio for ballroom dancing?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (IifOV)

52 This week, on the Cucker Tarlson podcast, we'll hear from historian L.U.Natic who has uncovered evidence that it was actually Jews who bombed Pearl Harbor in order to bring the US into the war against the peace loving people of Germany. -- Cucker Tarlson

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:24 PM (ExV1e)

53 Look you guys! We have Cucker Tarlon fangirl here! what an original thinker! Tell us about chemtrails, neocons and Ishrael!

The only possible reason to disagree with him is because you're a sheep who's afraid to follow the facts. Or, you know, because you're not an idiot.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

54 The socialist anti-Israel NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a secret zionist agent

-
Where's the World Weekly News now that we need them?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:26 PM (1VQ1H)

55 "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
For the second time, loser, your argument is sh*t"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 12:26 PM (eBcaT)

56 Who is Douglas Murray?"

Anne Murray's brother? Sister? Who knows...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

The lady who sang You Needed Me?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:26 PM (uq8Bc)

57 I wonder who Owens paymaster might be.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:26 PM (pDt9x)

58 21 And in this post, we’re all supposed to pretend Tucker Carlson is a bigger danger to our side than the ‘Rats’

Not even a fraction.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
------
The problem with traitors inside the gate is that they intentionally open the gates to the enemy. Same way that the Dugin-Bannon-Flynn-Fuentes-Owens-Tucker demoralization campaign for midterms is in full swing and aimed directly at those who 'think' they are rugged individualists that think for themselves.

Same with the Just Asking Questions to come up with absurd theories like faked moon landings, Charlie Kirk's political assassination done by whoever rather the leftist furry trannies, aliens, or whatever other conspiracy theory blaming Jews for every evil in the world is bullshit.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

59 And in this post, we’re all supposed to pretend Tucker Carlson is a bigger danger to our side than the ‘Rats’

Like Thune and Miss Lindsey? Where are the posts about the Republicans holding up Trump nominations? All while an Obama appointed Indian Judge just ruled that Trump's J6 speech isn't protected.

I don't give a fuck about Tucker. He's been right a lot more than he's been wrong. I don't for a second he is beyond reproach. Maybe he's getting paid. Maybe he's being blackmailed. Who cares. He doesn't hold any real power.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (cpys8)

60 60 I wonder who Owens paymaster might be.


she's so out there she probably costs not too much

could be anyone

my dry cleaner

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (j+aD2)

61 Have you ever been mellow?


Yes, but someone harshed it. Bummer.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

62 It was the Jews who sank the Titanic! Iceberg, Goldberg, same thing!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (y9ksN)

63 If you were to see the expanded photo of Ribbentrop and Stalin shaking hands, you'll see someone vaguely resembling Tucker in the crowd of people surrounding them, heartily applauding.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (5yDGQ)

64 Ghosts tell her secret conspiracy theories about bees in dreams and she feels "vibes"

Whoa

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (Kt19C)

65 Douglas Murray is an odd duck. He's a smart guy and often correct on most policy issues. But he gets it very very wrong a significant portion of time.

He was a yuge Ukraine cheerleader, for example. There was very little daylight between his stance on Ukraine and ... Joe Biden's.

He openly identifies as a Bushie-style neocon, IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

66 There is definitely room for rugged individualism and differences of opinion inside conservative circles, which is why we must ostracize and unperson Tucker Carlson for his opposing view.

We are not drones.

Posted by: Definitely Not a Drone at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (qVrCy)
==
Well, I am happy to listen to opposing views. But Tucker has been on the Jews control kick for how long now? At a certain point, you say, sorry, that's just too stupid to keep listening to you.

I have no idea what Tucker's motivations are besides money. I assume that is the greatest one.I don't think he has any strongly held beliefs besides that. And space aliens.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (GZYu7)

67 The problem with traitors inside the gate is that they intentionally open the gates to the enemy

exactly

oh and btw I'm seeing a lot of this here, which is upsetting.

I guess it's midterm season

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:28 PM (j+aD2)

68 The lady who sang You Needed Me?"

Si.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:28 PM (XuXeR)

69 >>There is definitely room for rugged individualism and differences of opinion inside conservative circles, which is why we must ostracize and unperson Tucker Carlson for his opposing view.


He ain't gonna fuck you, little bro.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:28 PM (TLp3A)

70 Cleopatra Jones >>> Candace Owens

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

71 Show me on the Candace puppet where Trump touched you.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (abIsI)

72 >>> And in this post, we’re all supposed to pretend Tucker Carlson is a bigger danger to our side than the ‘Rats’


you're both my enemies. I don't have to say which is "worse." I have no interest in hearing "Interesting Theories" from either of you.

The communist scam: You must align with Communists to defend against Nazis


The Nzzi scam: You must align with Nazis to defend against Communists

fuck you both to hell. How about that?

Can I make it clearer? You seem to have a hard time understanding simple sentences.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

73
TEH JOOS ATE MY BABY!!!!

Posted by: Cucker Tarleson at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (y9nCu)

74 Trump said the other day that he thinks Erica Kirk should probably sue the "people" slandering her.....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (FtULh)

75 While back, I think I saw Laura Loomer on X say she believes Tucker has converted to Islam.

LOL

I think we should push that; make the SOB deny it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (HXT0k)

76
I wish ghosts would tell me the winning numbers for the lottery,

but alas all they tell me is their recipe for German potato salad.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (iJfKG)

77 65 It was the Jews who sank the Titanic! Iceberg, Goldberg, same thing!
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (y9ksN)

Only a diamond-tipped iceberg can cut into a steel hull like that! -Tucker C

Posted by: Rex B at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (DqQS/)

78 I am hopeful that if I take a lot of creatine I can really focus and get half or more of tomorrow's posts written today so I can start the Easter weekend early.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:17 PM (1wjle)


Or... you could say, "Fuck it, barring something big breaking I'm going to throw up some open threads and relax in my rocker."

Most of us would agree that you've earned some downtime.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)

79 >>I don't give a fuck about Tucker. He's been right a lot more than he's been wrong


Nice assertion. Care to provide any examples of his Sage wisdom?

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (TLp3A)

80 Foxxy Cleopatra>>>>(ok, sorta)>>Cleopatra Jones >>> Candace Owens

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (XuXeR)

81 >>>I wish ghosts would tell me the winning numbers for the lottery,

ghosts told me that garret has sex with gay bees

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle)

82 To be fair, I do not truly think she believes any of the theories. They get her clicks, end of story.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)

83 What I have learned over the past couple years is that everyone in the social media/podcast space eventually turns on everyone who they once promoted or platformed. Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see seems to be a good rule to follow.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 02, 2026 12:30 PM (QaH55)

84 If you were to see the expanded photo of Ribbentrop and Stalin shaking hands, you'll see someone vaguely resembling Tucker in the crowd of people surrounding them, heartily applauding.

You know the famous picture showing Stalin and Yezhov, and Yezhov gets airbrushed out? That wasn't really Yezhov. It was Tucker. They didn't want him to become too well known so they superimposed Yezhov's picture. Now you know.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

85 I miss Fred MacMurray.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

86 And in this post, we’re all supposed to pretend Tucker Carlson is a bigger danger to our side than the ‘Rats’


===

Exactly. He is inside the house, and thus more dangerous. He is a dem, trying to influence Trump's base against Trump who gave him validity.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (GD0B3)

87 >>Or... you could say, "Fuck it, barring something big breaking I'm going to throw up some open threads and relax in my rocker."

thank you for that suggestion, but that's my plan for Monday. I don't think i can just post open threads on both days. Though I might slip one or even two in on Friday.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)

88 Murray shows courage. He reports from war zones, and he debates opponents frequently.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (eBcaT)

89 *Well, I am happy to listen to opposing views. But Tucker has been on the Jews control kick for how long now? At a certain point, you say, sorry, that's just too stupid to keep listening to you.

I have no idea what Tucker's motivations are besides money. I assume that is the greatest one.I don't think he has any strongly held beliefs besides that. And space aliens.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM*
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Kinda how I feel about Glenn Beck.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 02, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)

90 Care to provide any examples of his Sage wisdom?"

Parsley, Rosmary, and Thyme?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR)

91 I was curious what Tucker's "being right" since he went out on his own have been?

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (GZYu7)

92 Social Blade indicates Carlson's shows are increasing dramatically in subs and views. We are a retarded nation.

- View botting is a thing. What better way for his paymasters to hide their influence than to pay to have someone create new viewers?
- Does SB differentiate these metrics based on region? It matters less if all of Pakistan is on the edge of their seat for his latest offering.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

93 I had to look. Sorry, this is fun.

Tucker Carlson has 6.3 million followers on Instagram
Candace Owens....6.4 million
Joy Behar....158,000
President Trump....44.1 million
JimmyKimmel live...5.8 million
Stephen Colbert....1.2 million
Don Lemon....2.8 million

Must do stuff....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)

94 I wish ghosts would tell me the winning numbers for the lottery,

but alas all they tell me is their recipe for German potato salad.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (iJfKG)


Can you share that recipe?? German potato salad is sooooooo good!

Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (LVvlK)

95 Jeebus. That last video is disturbing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (A5RD0)

96 Jimminy Kimmel has 5.8 mil? How many are bots?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

97 "Who is Douglas Murray?"

HOF'er Eddie Murray's brotha from anotha motha.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (KAi1n)

98 >>>85 To be fair, I do not truly think she believes any of the theories. They get her clicks, end of story.

It is hard to tell because she has the skill of a psychopath in seeming to believe everything she says, even if it's a total lie. Psychopaths have that ability because they do not feel social shame and also have no moral code against lying. In fact, they like lying which is why they frequently grin while lying. The Duper's Grin --they get off on thinking they're superior to you because they told a lie and you believe it.

Psychopaths really screw normal people up. Normal people think that they can tell when someone is lying because they will appear awkward, uncomfortable, and nervous about being found out. Psychopaths do not feel that at all and so can lie with seemingly 100% conviction.

So I have no idea what this nasty whore believes or not.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (1wjle)

99 - View botting is a thing. What better way for his paymasters to hide their influence than to pay to have someone create new viewers?
- Does SB differentiate these metrics based on region? It matters less if all of Pakistan is on the edge of their seat for his latest offering.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

Was it someone here who mentioned view bot farms with rooms of cell phones?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

100 Who names their kid Tucker?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (UjdFS)

101 Never discount the possibility of demonic possession.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (qFwJc)

102 100 Who names their kid Tucker?
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (UjdFS)

Someone who names their other son Buckley

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (FtULh)

103 >>>92 Social Blade indicates Carlson's shows are increasing dramatically in subs and views. We are a retarded nation.

but are his new viewers from our nation?

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

104 Can you share that recipe??"

Requires a large quantity of Sudetenland...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (XuXeR)

105 94 Care to provide any examples of his Sage wisdom?"

Parsley, Rosmary, and Thyme?

Whiskey, Guns, and Boobs.

Posted by: morigu at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (U2YN7)

106 that puppet thing is disturbing but I think that was the point

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (j+aD2)

107 Soviet agitprop, with which Cucker is extremely familiar, always wrapped a bit of truth into their brainwash lies. To give themselves credibility and deniability (Soviet citizens learned to see it a mile away. Iranians can tell mullah propaganda a mile away. ) This way their boosters could always say , "see we were right right here!". Nice try.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

108


Member when they were trying to push her as the next Regis and Kathie Lee with billboards and all that.

Must have been some crazy shit going on behind the scenes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 02, 2026 12:35 PM (et1vG)

109 Psychopaths really screw normal people up. Normal people think that they can tell when someone is lying because they will appear awkward, uncomfortable, and nervous about being found out. Psychopaths do not feel that at all and so can lie with seemingly 100% conviction.

So I have no idea what this nasty whore believes or not.


What?

Posted by: Bill and Hillary, and BO at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

110 Nice assertion. Care to provide any examples of his Sage wisdom?

That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (cpys8)

111
Can I make it clearer? You seem to have a hard time understanding simple sentences.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)




Boss, I recommend typing in crayon.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (y9nCu)

112 Can you share that recipe?? German potato salad is sooooooo good!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (LVvlK)

The Amish make great potato salad, but they're really Dutch. From Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (QaH55)

113 So I have no idea what this nasty whore believes or not."

This.

"Ohhhh, it's sooo big"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (XuXeR)

114 It was the Jews who sank the Titanic! Iceberg, Goldberg, same thing!

Wait, Jonah Goldberg sank the Titanic? Are you saying he's so fat he's an iceberg now?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG)

115 I appreciate both Douglas Murray for taking the time (2 weeks ago) and President Trump for amplifying the message.

Tucker is quite simply a textbook propagandist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (RIvkX)

116 Psychopaths really screw normal people up.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (1wjle)

I'll agree on this one. The eyes do not match the body language. Usually a slightly affected way of speaking. Laugh at the wrong times. Usually my gut says 'Hey, bitch/dude be crazy.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

117 I'm a little disappointed they didn't have Tim Pool as a puppet. With his little knot douchehat and all.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (abIsI)

118 >>>106 that puppet thing is disturbing but I think that was the point

Breaking: A24 buys the puppet video, plans to make a full movie of it

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (1wjle)

119 knit

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (abIsI)

120 >>Social Blade indicates Carlson's shows are increasing dramatically in subs and views. We are a retarded nation.


Intel Agencies and Foreign Governments are balls deep View and Sub botting.



Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (TLp3A)

121 "These grifters did not support Trump's vision of what the re-made party should look like."

The funny thing is, Trump's vision is just that the GOP carry out its own platform in support of the country it supposedly loves.

The platform is radical only because the GOP establishment is vermin.

Posted by: Bubba at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (3NlIr)

122 Was it someone here who mentioned view bot farms with rooms of cell phones?"

Yeah. It's hysterical. And the googles deletes that stuff in .002 seconds...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (XuXeR)

123 CandiO sports the googly eyes
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Speaking of googly eyes . . .

With all that’s happening in the world, the BBC is out here testing whether googly eyes scare seagulls away

That's science! And speaking of science . . .

Al Gore says none of the climate predictions were wrong, so let’s revisit the one where Florida disappears

-
So suck on that, haters!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (1VQ1H)

124 Neighbor has a Labradoodle named Tucker. Nice dog, not an asshole. I laugh every time I pet him.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (pDt9x)

125 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (7Q7Ca)

126 100 Who names their kid Tucker?
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:34 PM (UjdFS)

Vintage Car innovation fans?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

127 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (7Q7Ca)

128 Tucker Carlson, Kelly, Owens, and so on climbed out on this limb, and it's just about been sliced from under them.

Hamas has been wrecked. Hezbollah's been wrecked. Iran's been wrecked. They find themselves, amazingly, in the camp of their Arab neighbors for the first time ever. They're undefeated in yet another season of the conflict.

There aren't many enemies left for them to devastate, at least for the time being.

Sure, there will be mopping up for them to do - it's a big mess. But Israel won... sorry losers, you'll just have to choke on those sour "grapes" in your mouths.

In a year's time, most people will have moved on from "Buh Muh Jews" and they'll be shouting at an ever-shrinking audience about Jews who aren't in the headlines anymore.

Candace is probably in the best position, since she can always claim Xi Jinping had a butthole reconstruction after his gay affair with Trump, or whatever. But the others have sort of staked everything on the Jews.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (BI5O2)

129 59 Who is Douglas Murray?"

Anne Murray's brother? Sister? Who knows...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

The lady who sang You Needed Me?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:26 PM (uq8Bc)

And her greatest hit CD is actually in my CD player now. Alabama is next. I'm giving Meatloaf a break.q

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)

130 because the GOP establishment is vermin."

HEY!

/Rats, Mice, and Vermin Local 254

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR)

131 well she doesn't believe we landed on the moon and has proclaimed that space itself is "fake and gay"

Space is fake and gay. It’s vacuous and full of sparklies. And has just been penetrated with a powerful thrusting “ship” filled with seamen.

Well, seaman. Looks like the other three are decoys.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 12:39 PM (EXyHK)

132 Tucker's message is: America Last.
Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, Darryl Cooper, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, all America Last.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:39 PM (RIvkX)

133 Wait, Jonah Goldberg sank the Titanic? Are you saying he's so fat he's an iceberg now?

Nah, an object must be hard to punch a hole through steel. Jonah as the rigidity of an amoeba. He's simply envelop the ship by phagocytosis.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

134 and has proclaimed that space itself is "fake and gay"

real intellectual here
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM


I'm standing right here, you know.

Oh, the pain....

Posted by: Dr. Smith at April 02, 2026 12:39 PM (kgE5c)

135 I wish ghosts would tell me the winning numbers for the lottery,

but alas all they tell me is their recipe for German potato salad.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:29 PM (iJfKG)

Can you share that recipe?? German potato salad is sooooooo good!
Posted by: Doof at April 02, 2026 12:33 PM (LVvlK)


Well...the tough part is finding ghost potatoes to make it.

Sometimes you can find them at Whole Foods listed as Spectral Spuds but then they cost a lot more.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:39 PM (iJfKG)

136 I'm going to be interested in where JD Vance stands on his supposed friend Carlson now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)

137 Vintage Car innovation fans?"

"innovation" or "shameless self promoter of stuff that sounded good, but actually didn't, you know.... work"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (XuXeR)

138 Happy Passover, btw.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (TLp3A)

139 >>That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.

wrong. Most of us had problems with him -- the open admiration of Putin, lying about Russia being economically advanced, just full-on communist ball-washing -- but we repressed criticism for the "hey guys we're all on the same team" bullshit reason you're now whining about.

At some point -- I think when he openly declared Hitler to have been the Good Guy in World War Two -- we decided we're NOT on the same team and so we do not have to suppress criticism just for the sake of politeness.

I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

140 Is Tucker related to Friar Tuck?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (n17eQ)

141 Reminds me of when Trump and Elon were supposedly on the outs.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (iFEms)

142 Meatloaf sucked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (7Q7Ca)

143 Types, delets

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (YlWIZ)

144 I think after solid few month of polls that show that MAGA is 100% behind Trump, with even those who identify as R, are in the 90% range, we can say that all the Cuckers , and Joe Kents, and Temu Cuckers like Posobiec (how did this low IQ monkey become famous anyway, I suspect hanging around Kirk) are only relevant to a solid 1% of Q aficionados.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (GD0B3)

145 A jewish firm recently trashed the work I was doing for my company and got me fired so they could get the company's business

I have now concluded that based on this experience that all jews are evil

Please send me $5 million for providing this astoundingly brilliant and forward thinking insight, after all my cybertruck does not pay for itself

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (REq0p)

146 thank you for that suggestion, but that's my plan for Monday. I don't think i can just post open threads on both days. Though I might slip one or even two in on Friday.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)


Counting on nothing happening over the weekend is a bold move, Cotton.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (ExV1e)

147 >>>127 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!

thank you. You too!

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)

148 Bet the kids at school had a few choice nicknames for Tucker.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (UjdFS)

149 I'm giving Meatloaf a break"

Meatloaf live w/the backup singer in a sorta Dallas Cowgirls outfit.

She's quite... bunkworthy.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (XuXeR)

150 Can you share that recipe?? German potato salad is sooooooo good!

German Potato Salad, My Way

 6 Potatoes
 6 Slices Table Rite Bacon (diced)
 1 Small Onion, Minced
 1/3 Cup Vinegar
 1 tsp. Salt
 Pinch of Pepper
 1/3 Cup Sour Cream
 2 tsp. Chopped Parsley

Boil potatos in their skins, peel and slice. Fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and brown onion in bacon fat. Add and blend in vinegar, salt, pepper, and sour cream. Put cooked and sliced potatoes in a bowl with the bacon, over this pour mixture and chopped parsley. Mix and blend well. Serve hot on platter or in bowl, garnished with watercress, hard cooked eggs, sliced or in wedges also may be used.

Posted by: Eddie Doucette, Ghost Chef at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (EXyHK)

151 Well, seaman. Looks like the other three are decoys.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

*Snort* ISWYDT.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 12:42 PM (u82oZ)

152 >>>Counting on nothing happening over the weekend is a bold move, Cotton.

yeah but the kind of big huge news that I *have* to post is also easy to post and also enjoyable to post. It's not a grind to just post on one big event.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)

153 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.

You only say that because you refuse to acknowledge that Churchill killed all the Joos.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

154 Bet the kids at school had a few choice nicknames for Tucker.
Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (UjdFS)



I bet one, specifically.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:42 PM (7Q7Ca)

155 > Meatloaf sucked.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (EXyHK)

156 Well, seaman. Looks like the other three are decoys."

Those aren't decoys flying around...

/NASA Space toilet

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (XuXeR)

157 That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.

Israel fixation is the world's most midwit position. "Lots of Democrats are Jewish, so they're controlled by Israel, herp derp". A ton of prominent Democrats are Catholic, including the most recent former president, so does the retard pope from Chicago have his hand up Nancy Pelosi's butt to make her mouth move?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (2ocoG)

158 Tucker?
I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (2Ez/1)

159 >>>Married Catholic woman with 3 kids is a 'nasty whore', but retweeting the sodomite.

catholic, right. In a fake and gay marriage to a gay man.

>>>Conservative, indeed.


I'm whatever you're NOT, Nazi.

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)

160 Hey ace do us a solid and zap a troll. It’s our birthday or something. Thanks boss.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (pDt9x)

161 Meatloaf sucked.

You took the words right out of my mouth."

*golf clap*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:44 PM (XuXeR)

162 144 I think after solid few month of polls that show that MAGA is 100% behind Trump, with even those who identify as R, are in the 90% range, we can say that all the Cuckers , and Joe Kents, and Temu Cuckers like Posobiec (how did this low IQ monkey become famous anyway, I suspect hanging around Kirk) are only relevant to a solid 1% of Q aficionados.
--------------------------------
I'm not sure they're even that popular. I just assume all online discourse is fake and guy anymore.

Or Muslim, which is also fake and gay.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 02, 2026 12:44 PM (PrKv7)

163 That's not sour cream.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:44 PM (UjdFS)

164 Tucker is a bonehead.

It is well-settled that you can't turn MAGA against Trump, turn MAGA against MAGA goals, or weave in your own personal pet politics into MAGA and try to get MAGA to accept it as mainstream.

I would be "shocked" to find that his, Megyn's, and Candace's financiers are the same as that for the No Kings astroturf.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:44 PM (dK+Kv)

165 I just assume all online discourse is fake and guy anymore."

Well, I'm a guy...

/oh

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (XuXeR)

166 golf clap

For crying out loud…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (EXyHK)

167 "A lot of craven opportunists jumped on the MAGA bandwagon not because they supported Trump or MAGA, but because Trump represented a disruptive force that could break the ice of conservabot doctrine and reshape the right into something new."

This part I'll quibble on. Remember the timeline. 2020-2021. J6 Reichstag has gone off. The rat caged are getting snapped on. Thousands of J6 guys in jail and them firing up the house undemocrat committee. Social media working in lockstep.

Tucker is getting booted off Fox (the whole thing with the Lawsuit.) He is speaking out for free speech and is getting throttled as much as they possibly can. Elon buys twitter. Things start to move. He offers Tucker a platform. Remember the millions of views his first video had on the new X?

What I am saying is that I have spoken up for Tucker for speaking out on free speech in the face of literal star chambers even when everything looked fucking grim. Elon and to a lesser extent him did a lot to open things back up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

168 158 That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.


Wrong of course.. I can't speak for everyone but long before his "new" hate of Israel and Trump for that matter, I thought he was wacko for his UFO alien beliefs....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (FtULh)

169 Hey ace do us a solid and zap a troll. It’s our birthday or something. Thanks boss.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (pDt9x)



Well, it IS JJ's birthday, so there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (7Q7Ca)

170 Meatloaf and potato salad.

So it's a food thread?

Posted by: Just got here at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1)

171 Meatloaf sucked.

-
Now do fruitcake.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (1VQ1H)

172
Al Gore says none of the climate predictions were wrong, so let’s revisit the one where Florida disappears.


Ahem.

The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.

Al Gore
"The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien, November 11, 2009


Having scored a Bill Nye bowtie and a Neil Degaseous Tyson science museum store inventory clerk's posting does not make him a "science" expert.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (xG4kz)

173 space itself is "fake and gay"

During the Obama administration NASA declared it to be gay and Muslim, so there's that. Also something about global warming.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)

174 Intel Agencies and Foreign Governments are balls deep View and Sub botting.

Also, I've seen a number of videos recently about how platforms like TikTok aren't paying people nearly what they used to. I wonder if this is related to the divestiture of the platform by China and, if so, if they were paying out large sums in order to promote the kind of trash that TT carries specifically to damage the US.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

175 I'm sure Carlson, Owens and Kelly all enjoy the attention they're getting these days. Controversy sells. I think that's part of the kink with them. They're all getting a lot more attention with their schtick than your run-of-the-mill conning the rubes, owning the libs, whatever.

Given what's going down over in the Middle East I'd think their paymasters might need a bit of a reminder about how things can go down when all the dust over there settles.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (AkEZC)

176 168

What I am saying is that I have spoken up for Tucker for speaking out on free speech in the face of literal star chambers even when everything looked fucking grim. Elon and to a lesser extent him did a lot to open things back up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

And then - he shit the bed.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (pDt9x)

177 T. Carlson and C. Owens and the whole lot of the whizzbangers, conspiracy junkies, loudmouths, and nitwits - can't wait for the garden, food, and hobby threads this weekend.

Concur with Ace taking time off and open threads.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (rj6Yv)

178 Part of this is we have the ... loyalty of the foxhole. We conflate that everyone who is against the dems must be in the same group.

We saw that in the miffs and lover's quarrels between Trump and Elon.

We have also seen that while Tucker may have been for free speech, other values he does not hold to so strongly. So he is using his free speech to advocate for the guys in Qatar and wherever. I think he has taken the old adage about being so open minded his brain falls out to that extent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

179 Tucker?
Is that one of the dudes on RuPaul Drag Race?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (UjdFS)

180 That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 12:36 PM (cpys
==
No, he very quickly got on the UFO train. And I started thinking at that time, what the hell is he talking about. So that made me wary and I paid less and less attention to him. Then he lost his mind over the Oct 7 crap, and began the Islamic apology tour, and I figured oh boy, he's just lost it. And he has dug in deeper and deeper. It's now his career. He is totally invested in our losing in Iran.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (GZYu7)

181 Candace is the one that scares me the most. She will say anything - ANYTHING - she wants, seemingly without fear of reprisal. I really don't understand how she gets away with it. Never thought I'd say this, but at this point I'm rooting for the Macrons.

I'm sad for Candace's kids. They are so little, and their mother seems to be drifting further and further from reality.

Posted by: bluebell at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (afFes)

182 I expect that Murray is referring at one point to that Darryl Cooper guy. He's the "Hitler was the good guy, and Churchill was the actual warlord" doofus, and Tucker had him on.

I had written him off long before that. He's a weird little geek who believes he's at least ten times smarter than he is, and his stuff is *insufferable.*

Before he came out as a flat-out historical revisionist and scholarly punchline, I tried to listen to his Jonestown study, because it's a topic I'm interested in learning more about. Tried. And failed. I made it a few hours in, and gave up. I'd learned nothing new - except about Cooper, because he spent ten minutes talking about himself for every minute he spent on Jim Jones.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (BI5O2)

183 That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.


It's amazing how some have such revisionist history about commentors here and their beliefs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (7Q7Ca)

184 Married Catholic woman with 3 kids is a 'nasty whore', but retweeting the sodomite.

catholic, right. In a fake and gay marriage to a gay man.

>>>Conservative, indeed.


I'm whatever you're NOT, Nazi.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)
________

Who's the "sodomite" in that comment? Serious question.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

185 One of the many things I like about Trump is that, unlike Bush and other cuck Republicans, he doesn't sit quietly and politely take shit from anyone, including people on his own "side," out of fear of offense or departure from decorum.

Posted by: Candice Owens at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (bNf8H)

186 Who is Douglas Murray?




He’s the owner of Mitch and Murray, and he sent Alec Baldwin on a mission of mercy.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (qOHHe)

187 Meatloaf and potato salad.

So it's a food thread?"

Meatloaf backup singers = boob thread.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (XuXeR)

188 Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

I hope this is not true.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (abIsI)

189 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

Damn, ace- and I have not even called you gay today yet.

Let me take care of that: Did garrett hog all the covers last night and that's why you're cranky?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

190 >>> I thought he was wacko for his UFO alien beliefs....

Yes and it didn't just stop with one or two florid beliefs. Within a year, Tucker promoted:

* UFOs
* The CIA killed Kennedy
* Churchill was really the bad guy in WWII and controlled by Jewish Capitalist interests (which is identical to Hitler's propaganda DURING WWII)
* Chemtrails are real
* FDR allowed Pearl Harbor to happen so that he would have an excuse to do the Jews' bidding
* You should shine red light on your asshole for some reason

I mean just on and on and on with one psycho hippie "America the Evil" conspiracy theory after another -- and his Yahoo Amen Corner all swearing that this rank hippie/communist conspiracy theorizing is "Totally Conservative."

Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM (1wjle)

191 And then - he shit the bed."

So I heard...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM (XuXeR)

192 ‘ fuck you both to hell. How about that?’

My, aren’t you an angry boy? You really proved me wrong. Now, I guess I don’t care if we lose the midterms because of a war that only benefits some and could have waited.
You’re foolish if you think screaming down your opponents does anything more than discredit you and it easier for the democrats.
At least you didn’t post another Goddamn Disney article.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM (jbnUc)

193 The problem with traitors inside the gate is that they intentionally open the gates to the enemy

exactly

oh and btw I'm seeing a lot of this here, which is upsetting.

I guess it's midterm season
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 12:28 PM (j+aD2)
\

But what is the solution?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (zafwz)

194 188 Meatloaf and potato salad.

So it's a food thread?"

I prefer mashed potatoes with meatloaf

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (FtULh)

195 Sure, it's true. Some actually listened, believed and liked what Tucker had to say when he left Fox and started his own podcast. He was seemingly solid conservative back then.

But to continue to shove his betrayal in everyone's face as if you were some Nostradamus and "I TOLD YOU SO" makes you kind of an asshole, I don't mind saying.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (7Q7Ca)

196 He’s the owner of Mitch and Murray, and he sent Alec Baldwin on a mission of mercy."

Put that coffee down.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR)

197 >>Who's the "sodomite" in that comment? Serious question.


Look for the Messenger Bag.

That's always your first clue.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (TLp3A)

198 >>>a Senate inquiry that actually concluded the exact opposite

This is not as convincing a point as what it may have once been.

J6 committee had some official conclusions, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (dK+Kv)

199 177 168

What I am saying is that I have spoken up for Tucker for speaking out on free speech in the face of literal star chambers even when everything looked fucking grim. Elon and to a lesser extent him did a lot to open things back up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

And then - he shit the bed.
--------------------------------------
I suspect that it is actually very common for people to be really right on one issue while useless at best elsewhere. Some of the best articles written on the braindead Ukraine policy under Biden were at Max Blumenthal's Grayzone (the outlet the chick works at who married Joe Kent). Then Blumenthal went to Iran and filmed literal propaganda in their missile museum and I stopped going to that site. I knew they were anti-Israeli, but the propaganda footage was a tell in the same way Tucker's UFO and "history of WW2" interviews were.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (PrKv7)

200 You beat me to this comment Garrett. Truly stunning


120 >>Social Blade indicates Carlson's shows are increasing dramatically in subs and views. We are a retarded nation. Intel Agencies and Foreign Governments are balls deep View and Sub botting. Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:37 PM (TLp3A)

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (dOyjb)

201 Yeah, the subversive "Libretarian" Bernie lovers thought that Trump is going to be the 2016 Trump 1.0, subject to internal divisions , infighting , fake conservatives and their opinions driving decision. They expected to splinter the movement. Instead they got Trump 2.0 with 0 fucks to give.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)

202 But what is the solution?"

Alcohol?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (XuXeR)

203 What I am saying is that I have spoken up for Tucker for speaking out on free speech in the face of literal star chambers even when everything looked fucking grim. Elon and to a lesser extent him did a lot to open things back up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

And then - he shit the bed.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:46 PM (pDt9x)

Yes. In glorious pyrotechnic fashion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)

204 199 >>Who's the "sodomite" in that comment? Serious question.


Look for the Messenger Bag.

That's always your first clue.
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (TLp3A)

I woulda guessed Vespa

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (pDt9x)

205 There’s a nasty attitude around here today.

Think I’ll go for a walk and see if the orcas are hunting seals. It would be soothing in comparison.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (A5RD0)

206 And then - he shit the bed."

So I heard...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM (XuXeR)



It happens.

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (7Q7Ca)

207 Look for the Messenger Bag."

"FagBag"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (XuXeR)

208 >>You really proved me wrong. Now, I guess I don’t care if we lose the midterms because of a war that only benefits some and could have waited.


Get a load of this retard.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (TLp3A)

209 I like meatloaf... two out of three ain't bad... I like the sandwich also, with plenty of ketchup

That Meatloaf guy ended up with a role in Fight Club

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (xT8gx)

210
Think I’ll go for a walk and see if the orcas are hunting seals. It would be soothing in comparison.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (A5RD0)



Better poop first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q7Ca)

211 This is amazing ace, this is a validation FROM THE HIGHEST SOURCE that you were right.

The only higher source for this could be from Marco Rubio.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

212 The problem with traitors inside the gate is that they intentionally open the gates to the enemy. Same way that the Dugin-Bannon-Flynn-Fuentes-Owens-Tucker demoralization campaign for midterms is in full swing and aimed directly at those who 'think' they are rugged individualists that think for themselves.

Same with the Just Asking Questions to come up with absurd theories like faked moon landings, Charlie Kirk's political assassination done by whoever rather the leftist furry trannies, aliens, or whatever other conspiracy theory blaming Jews for every evil in the world is bullshit.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

Well said, as always.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)

213 He’s the owner of Mitch and Murray, and he sent Alec Baldwin on a mission of mercy.

So did Kim Jong Il, and Baldwin was found to be worthress.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

214 "These grifters did not support Trump's vision of what the re-made party should look like."

The party operates as it always has, Democrat lite.
Trump really needed to hit on his appointments to the DOJ, FBI, CIA. Bondi and Patel suck.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (cpys8)

215 Bondi has been fired!

Posted by: LittleMs.Inopulent at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (1/H5+)

Now who will do all the not arresting people?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (dK+Kv)

216 “It’s a measure of how bovine our ruling class has become that educated people fall for nonsense like this especially hard.”—Tucker Carlson, Ship of Fools

It’s a good book. He should probably re-read it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (EXyHK)

217 Better poop first."

Which deck?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (XuXeR)

218 So now they are Big Mad that Trump is not what they want. Except they dress it up as "Trump is not DoiNg WhAt he saiD he waZ goNNA do!" Were not listening bitches? Now fuck off, go vote for Tulsi Gabbard when she runs in 2028, with the rest of Bernie bros.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 12:52 PM (GD0B3)

219 That Meatloaf guy ended up with a role in Fight Club

Meatloaf was a theater kid back when that didn't mean you were mandatorily gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (2ocoG)

220 214 Bondi has been fired!
Posted by: LittleMs.Inopulent at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (1/H5+)


We will see if that was a good move... I have my reservations about that

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (FtULh)

221 That's funny, because up until he started criticizing Israel nobody here seemed to have a problem with him.
_____

Not true. In fact, Tucker's obsession with Israel was one of the last wacky, clickbaity views he pushed. I had already had enough of him after the alien conspiracies, the conspiracies over who killed Kennedy, revisionist WWII idiocy, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

222 Think I’ll go for a walk and see if the orcas are hunting seals. It would be soothing in comparison.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (A5RD0)


Better poop first.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q7Ca)

Nice call back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)

223 >>>* You should shine red light on your asshole for some reason

Wait, what? Was that wrong?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)

224 Married Catholic woman with 3 kids is a 'nasty whore', but retweeting the sodomite.

Conservative, indeed.
====

This is literally the most precious comment I have read at AoS in the last 14 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (RIvkX)

225 Think I’ll go for a walk and see if the orcas are hunting seals. It would be soothing in comparison.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2026 12:50 PM (A5RD0)

Sometimes it is best to just get away.
Orcas be mean!

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (P4Pk9)

226 Maybe post Troll alert and a nic to assist the mods? I imagine with the plasticity of identity labels here it can be difficult.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (u82oZ)

227
Nice call back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)



It's silly an sad sometimes what my brain decides to remember from one day to the next.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (7Q7Ca)

228 Tucker Carlson believes Pearl Harbor was a false flag orchestrated by Roosevelt to drag America into WWII.
_________
FDR actually did have a scheme to drag us into the war (against Japan). This is not new or secret info, it was published in the Naval Institute Proceedings back in the 1960s. A schooner was taken into service (but not actually commissioned) under the name Lanikai, and sent to the East. While she was on her cruise, Japan bombed Pearl. And she made it back.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (AlhUl)

229 @214. Well, that sucks. April is the cruelest month.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (qwx/I)

230 The idiocy to claim there was a senate report in 1946 claiming foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor.

The report explicitly rejected conspiracy theories claiming that President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his top advisors had "tricked, provoked, incited, cajoled, or coerced" Japan into attacking the U.S. to draw America into the war.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (y171U)

231 you must stand behind a man in order to stab him in the back (sir humphrey applebee)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (CWTWj)

232 We have also seen that while Tucker may have been for free speech

Tucker values free speech because speech is how he gets paid. He wasn't gonna get a fat contract by a leftwing media source so he needed free speech so he could go it alone. But going it alone meant that he was actually free. Free to say the things that he wants to say. And, apparently, what he wants to say is Israel bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (ExV1e)

233 Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

--

Wha???? Bondi is fired?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (qBdHI)

234 And then - he shit the bed."

So I heard...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:48 PM


ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (kgE5c)

235 Not true. In fact, Tucker's obsession with Israel was one of the last wacky, clickbaity views he pushed. I had already had enough of him after the alien conspiracies, the conspiracies over who killed Kennedy, revisionist WWII idiocy, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

I didn't care for him, listen to him, or pay attention to him then either.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv)

236 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (u82oZ)

237 * You should shine red light on your asshole for some reason

Wait, what? Was that wrong?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)



We need a ruling from Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (7Q7Ca)

238 Look for the Messenger Bag.

That's always your first clue.
Posted by: garrett

I woulda guessed Vespa
Posted by: tubal
........

Tank top and aviator shades.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (UjdFS)

239 Gateway Pundit sez Fox News sez Bondi out.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)

240 Its all so strange. More than a grift, I think. I wonder if the CIA has restarted its MKUltra Op.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (wBaIH)

241 Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell

Swalwell was giving her just the tip? What power does that ugly-ass dude have over women?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

242 You will never convince me that FDR didn't have some expectation of an attack at Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (qwx/I)

243 Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.


If that's true, he's right to can the bish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (7Q7Ca)

244 r/AskALiberal What are your thoughts on Tucker Carlson? And have your views on him evolved over the past couple years?

He has always been a piece of shit, and no my views of him have not evolved, why would they? He's still a smarmy guy on the take.

He’s a lying grifter. He sees trump is falling out of favor and wants to guide the next right wing grift. Unfortunately for him the right is so insanely good at grifting he has to compete with a ton of different factions.

Born with a silver spoon and it shows. (Heir to the Swanson frozen dinner fortune.) He craves attention and approval. He has no loyalty to the truth. Jon Stewart had him figured out 20+ years ago.

He was always awful, but he went from smarmy and annoying to utterly vile after 2016. He’s a white nationalist/ borderline Nazi.

He’s literally Trump if Trump wasn’t a moron with a narcissistic personality disorder. Very dangerous figure. Just because he is correct about the Iran War, it does not absolve him.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (ycI94)

245 you must stand behind a man in order to stab him in the back (sir humphrey applebee)

This series was one giant advertisement for term limits for government employees. It should be required viewing for any “outsider” who manages to get elected.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (EXyHK)

246 Bondi’s head now hangs on the wall, figuratively speaking of course. We’ll see what happens now, but expect Leftist crowing and months of kabuki in DC before the next AG gets in office.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (pDt9x)

247 see if the orcas are hunting seals."

Yum!

*ever have seal meat? It's ok...*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (XuXeR)

248 But I thought Bondi had things in the works as far as punishing the left.(facepalm) I hope this isn't desperation. Mid terms approaching no scalps, nobody swinging. Good grief.

Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (IlL6s)

249 Get on board the Love Train!

Rep. Melanie Stansbury
@Rep_Stansbury
This is a Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appreciation post. That is all!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (1VQ1H)

250 247 Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.


If true she should be fired....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (FtULh)

251 Candace Owens, the evil villain in today's story, is a married, Catholic, mother of 4. She's the 'nasty whore'.


Yeah, she's no Catholic, sport.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (7Q7Ca)

252 Trump's reasoning for the sudden dismissal comes in part because the President believes Bondi tipped off Eric Swalwell about the FBI’s efforts to release investigative documents related to his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

I hope this is not true.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:47 PM (abIsI)


Well, I can't find anyone saying she's been fired so I'm betting that it isn't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)

253 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)


The Right Sector is a Ukrainian far right political party (you know, black and red flag and everything Bandera adjascent) and they have a paramilitary wing, which includes a Jewish unit.
I am not sure how that works, but I bet Ben Shapiro can't explain it either

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

254
I saw Meatloaf open for- No joke. I did see Meatloaf open for...someone...

Well, okay. One joke:

I saw Meatloaf open for Joy of Cooking in '77 at AWHQ.

Anyway, the only thing I remember is that...man, could that guy sweat a lot. The whole stage was covered with Meatloaf's perspiration. They mopped up between acts.

And he had this extra long pink silk(?) muffler that he kept flipping around (make your own call about that).

Not particularly impressed with the music.

That's all.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (iJfKG)

255 Bondi has been fired!

Posted by: LittleMs.Inopulent

Now who will do all the not arresting people?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
........

The next guy.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (UjdFS)

256 Can you share that recipe?? German potato salad is sooooooo good!

The Better Homes and Gardens cookbook has a great recipe.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (qFwJc)

257 Tank top and aviator shades."

Freddie Mercury, that you?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (XuXeR)

258 @Rep_Stansbury
This is a Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appreciation post. That is all!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (1VQ1H)



Someone please respond:

"No one can say the Federal Government doesn't hire the handicapped."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (7Q7Ca)

259 Who is the source for Bondi’s betrayal revelation?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (pDt9x)

260 Man, Rubio's gonna have more on his plate.

That's our Dondi!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (qwx/I)

261 250 Bondi’s head now hangs on the wall, figuratively speaking of course. We’ll see what happens now, but expect Leftist crowing and months of kabuki in DC before the next AG gets in office.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:56 PM (pDt9x)

For sure....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (FtULh)

262 Once an astute Jewish businessman eschewed the work of a mediocre artist.

Prelude to Act III: The Tucker Carlson Story

Posted by: Meh at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (N462N)

263 We'll miss you Pam.

Posted by: Fox News green room staff at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (2Ez/1)

264 It's amazing how some have such revisionist history about commentors here and their beliefs.

*********************************

I liked Tucker all the way up to 2024 mid 2025 I think

He never said anything I felt was off, his comments regarding the deep state, the corruption of the FBI, a globalist elite full of pedophiles in Europe etc all seemed on point, I also appreciated his platforming doctors who got screwed over by the vaccine mandate and engineers who discussed chemtrails, etc

I was out when he started taint licking Islam

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 12:58 PM (REq0p)

265 mother of 4."

You said "3" before...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:58 PM (XuXeR)

266 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

You know who else was not big on Hitler?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (dK+Kv)

267 But to continue to shove his betrayal in everyone's face as if you were some Nostradamus and "I TOLD YOU SO" makes you kind of an asshole, I don't mind saying.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:49 PM (7Q7Ca)

No it doesn't. I've been saying he's a cheesy charlatan for like 15 years.

It doesn't take a Nostradamus - just someone who paid any attention to Carlson in the many, many years before he did his next heel-turn to the MAGA grift, which he's since moved on from.

If you kept telling people someone's a piece of shit who can't be trusted further than he's been kicked, and then they do it anyway, and they get bitten, you SHOULD point out how credulous they'd been.

They won't like hearing it, but them's the breaks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

268 The idiocy to claim there was a senate report in 1946 claiming foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor.

The report explicitly rejected conspiracy theories claiming that President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his top advisors had "tricked, provoked, incited, cajoled, or coerced" Japan into attacking the U.S. to draw America into the war.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (y171U)


No one was going to admit in 1946 that the greatest victory for America was due to being suckered, even if they thought that.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (rbvCR)

269 We'll miss you Pam.
Posted by: Fox News green room staff at April 02, 2026 12:57 PM (2Ez/1)



She'll have plenty of guest spots on Morning Joe going forward, I'm sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (7Q7Ca)

270 A lot of "sources say" in that Bondi "news", so a grain of salt should be taken. Personally, I think he should replace her though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (n5tGW)

271 >>Its all so strange. More than a grift, I think. I wonder if the CIA has restarted its MKUltra Op.


Think Mockingbird rather than MKUtlra.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (TLp3A)

272 268 mother of 4."

You said "3" before...
Posted by: man

Shit, man! You got me. I ain't even married. Now put your fuckin' hands in the air!

Posted by: Benny Bondi at April 02, 2026 01:00 PM (ycI94)

273 btw the sodomite in question is Douglas Murray

which I was sad to learn

he's pretty all right

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:00 PM (j+aD2)

274 You know who else was not big on Hitler?"

Ah, Ernst Rohm after July oneth, '34?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (XuXeR)

275 My favorite Tucker Carlson moment came on CNN in 2000, when he was live from Ho Chi Minh City during the 25th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
The other CNN talking heads are discussing how the Vietnamese were warm and welcoming. "Tucker, how has your experience been?" Tucker: "The Viet language is the most unpleasant language on the planet. It literally makes my ears hurt to hear it spoken. I'd rather listen to an air horn all day."

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (0bjKf)

276 Bondi has been fired!
Posted by: LittleMs.Inopulent at April 02, 2026 12:51 PM (1/H5+)


We will see if that was a good move... I have my reservations about that
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:53 PM (FtULh)


There's a reason that no link was provided for that news.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (ExV1e)

277 You said "3" before...

Maybe she really is Catholic.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (EXyHK)

278 Hey, Pam. Call us.

Posted by: The View green room staff at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (2Ez/1)

279 Today's Propaganda Press outlets rage against Trump's speech, promote U.S. citizenship for all the world, condemn the report Zeldin will soon replace Bondi, and are totally silent on SCOTUS' KBJ horseshit opinions.

Always interesting to see who they support, and today's nominees include some Nevada Congresswomen who kept saying 'fuck" when talking about Trump, and the Maine commiecrat running for the Senate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (x0Rg/)

280 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

You know who else was not big on Hitler?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM


Well...he did Hitler.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (kgE5c)

281
If you kept telling people someone's a piece of shit who can't be trusted further than he's been kicked, and then they do it anyway, and they get bitten, you SHOULD point out how credulous they'd been.

They won't like hearing it, but them's the breaks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)



So, we're never to believe anyone can ever change their tune, even if they seem genuine for a time.

Got it.

Republican party can never grow from TRUE CONSERVATIVES you guys. Ever. Minds will not be changed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM (7Q7Ca)

282 >>The Right Sector is a Ukrainian far right political party (you know, black and red flag and everything Bandera adjascent) and they have a paramilitary wing, which includes a Jewish unit.


You know who else had a Jewish Unit?

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (TLp3A)

283 CNN, FoxNews and MS Now

All three...Pam Bondi fired.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

284 Three, four... whatever it takes.

Posted by: Her womb at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (2Ez/1)

285 In his personal life, Douglas Murray is gay

In her personal life, Candace Owens is married and has children

Those facts have nothing to do with their public statements and positions. When it comes to those public statements and positions, Murray is right and Owens is despicable

Why is this hard??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (xT8gx)

286
Why is this hard??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (xT8gx)



Forget it, he's trolling.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 01:03 PM (7Q7Ca)

287 I know you guys are big on Hitler but normal, educated, moral people are not.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

You know who else was not big on Hitler?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 12:59 PM

Well...he did kill Hitler.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 01:01 PM


FIFMyself.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 01:04 PM (Wnv9h)

288 Tucker: "The Viet language is the most unpleasant language on the planet. It literally makes my ears hurt to hear it spoken. I'd rather listen to an air horn all day."

He's right you know. Chinese is another hideous language to listen to.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 02, 2026 01:04 PM (mkw2N)

289 Gateway Pundit sez Fox News sez Bondi out.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)


Fox says "source say".

https://tinyurl.com/mumam35t

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:04 PM (ExV1e)

290 Who’s a WWII revisionist? Sir Winston Churchill was an evil warmonger who refused great peace deals with Hitler that would have allowed us to preserve our empire. Asshole.

Posted by: Prof. Ed Dutton at April 02, 2026 01:04 PM (E6xSb)

291 Apparently there is a market for "political fabulism", or whatever the Tucker/Owens market is called. The problem is so many of the Wild Ideas of the past were not so crazy (Covid as obedience training/murder of The West, stolen elections, etc.).

So discernment is required. Glen Beck puts out some good stuff at times, then sometimes seems off the wall. And the WEF type globalists have some hidden "anti-Western agenda" that muddies the waters, not to mention Big Fraud Media.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 02, 2026 01:04 PM (vbXSk)

292 I have no comment on firing Bondi. obviously not against and yet I don't want to pile on her at this time.

she tried. I do think she was trying.

needed to work harder and faster than she did/could do.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

293 I can’t fathom why Pam Blondi would have been fired, she was so effective in her job.

Look at all of the things she did…..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (rqbXZ)

294 245 You will never convince me that FDR didn't have some expectation of an attack at Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

What, you mean the big "Bomb Me!" sign?

The Japs screwed all that up themselves, no help needed.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (Y8DZL)

295 292 I have no comment on firing Bondi. obviously not against and yet I don't want to pile on her at this time.

she tried. I do think she was trying.

needed to work harder and faster than she did/could do.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

Agreed.. I tried to stay neutral on her...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (FtULh)

296 283 CNN, FoxNews and MS Now

All three...Pam Bondi fired.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

Damn. Time for some here to look for new demons and divine objects of hatred.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (E6xSb)

297 Isaac Newton kept piss jugs in his living room, that doesn't mean gravity doesn't work.

There is a world that exists and will continue to exist regardless of who says what about it.

Reality is not a team sport.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (eqMv7)

298 Why is this hard??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (xT8gx)

Everyone is looking for an icon/expert to elevate as shorthand for reasoned argument and reflection. It is human nature. I just wish we would learn from our mistakes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)

299 289 I stand corrected.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

300 What people seem to forget is,
Tucker Carlson is a "Bowtie Guy".

Posted by: OldManMike at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (b0ILp)

301 You will never convince me that FDR didn't have some expectation of an attack at Pearl Harbor.
=====

Stunning and brave.

Ok?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)

302 Look at all of the things she did…..
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (rqbXZ)

Who will the Two Minutes Hate feature now?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (E6xSb)

303 Where’s TJM??

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (pDt9x)

304 interestingly, I read the testimony yesterday but did not watch/listen.

PDJT did.

maybe he didn't like what he heard/saw. commenters here were saying the guy was milquetoast/wally cox etc

maybe PDJT agreed.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)

305 Not like Trump can make a recess appointment for Bondi, what with the 2-minute sessions and all.

Then again, a 2-minute session ... what endurance!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (qwx/I)

306 *AOC bug eyes*

- ellipsis

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)

307 303 Where’s TJM??


I was wondering the same thing

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)

308 Literally, all the Bondi fired stuff is based on "two sources familiar".

There's no official word on anything related to the matter. Y'all should know better by now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (ExV1e)

309 "What people seem to forget is, Tucker Carlson is a "Bowtie Guy"."

Is there anything phonier than his makeover as "Tuca, Rugged Outdoorsman?"

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (N8ZBc)

310 Nobody knows that better than Donald Trump, who has been stabbed in the back more times than Julius Caesar -- yet has still survived.

Trump's reason for political survival is actually pretty simple - he just keeps advancing conservative goals.

Oh some rightwing pundit is attacking Trump for...doing the sorts of things he promised to do? DO NOT CARE

Oh you say Trump is doing it in a mean way or it offends your muh sacred principles? DO NOT CARE

and so on...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

311 Candace Owen’s is a psychopath.

Seriously deranged.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (4KUe5)

312 306 was at this:

I have no comment on firing Bondi. obviously not against and yet I don't want to pile on her at this time.

she tried. I do think she was trying.

needed to work harder and faster than she did/could do.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)

313 I can see nothing saying "Pam Bondi was fired." It's all the same anonymous sources claiming Trump discussed firing her. I still think this is an op. If Trump is gonna fire someone, he fires them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

314 America, F*ck Yeah!

Costco actually sells this $140, TEN-POUND chocolate Easter bunny

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (1VQ1H)

315 296 283 CNN, FoxNews and MS Now

All three...Pam Bondi fired.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

Damn. Time for some here to look for new demons and divine objects of hatred.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (E6xSb)

Article says it's from a single source...who goes unnamed...maybe wait for confirm with an on-the-record source...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (tOcjL)

316 Wait till those who wanted Bondi gone, find out who is replacing her...their minds will exploded.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (GD0B3)

317 I live there and love it there!

Posted by: Gov Greg Abbott at April 02, 2026 01:08 PM (E6xSb)

318 *will explode

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (GD0B3)

319 Posted by: Live and Learn at April 02, 2026 12:41 PM (dTXJd)

It's amusing that you make not even a pretense to defend Candace's views, or opine as to why Murray is wrong, and merely state that each viewpoint they espouse should be supported or ignored based on a group you want to categorize each as fitting into.

How very Marxist of you, you fucking rock-ribbed "conservative".

Posted by: far cry at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (Q6P2R)

320 266 We'll miss you Pam.
Posted by: Fox News green room staff


So will we.

Posted by: Nails By Chow at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (abIsI)

321 CNN, FoxNews and MS Now

All three...Pam Bondi fired.

****************

Bondi's white knight here hardest hit.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (Y1sOo)

322 293 I can’t fathom why Pam Blondi would have been fired, she was so effective in her job.

Look at all of the things she did…..
Posted by: Thomas Bender

It's funny, the Left bitched nonstop about Garland, Trump 45 AGs were pathetic...the last active one that successfully pushed the President's priorities was Holder (spit). Is there some sort of uniparty institutionalist cabal working the system here?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (ycI94)

323

304 interestingly, I read the testimony yesterday but did not watch/listen.

PDJT did.

maybe he didn't like what he heard/saw. commenters here were saying the guy was milquetoast/wally cox etc

maybe PDJT agreed.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)



His voice was terrible but his arguments were good... Looked to me like the justices had already made up their minds on this

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (FtULh)

324 There is a world that exists and will continue to exist regardless of who says what about it.

Reality is not a team sport.


That has become a fundamental difference between the right and left.

Does reality exist even if every human being decides that it does not?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

325 I mean it is all rumors and no confirmation at this point. He should have fired Gabbard first.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (GD0B3)

326 CNN, FoxNews and MS Now

All three...Pam Bondi fired.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)


Sources say, sources say, sources say... pity that Trump is so shy and retiring and never tells people how he feels about things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (ExV1e)

327 Interestingly, the same source said Trump wants to appoint Bondi as a judge...which again, makes no sense if he's firing her...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (tOcjL)

328 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

Bondi was friends with Ben Crump and helped sink the country into racial despair for Little Trayvon. Bad on guns too. Not sure what part she played in the Epstein Op that was intended to overshadow Trump's Third Term and take him down for good. A real useless waste of space and that's the charitable read. If she's gone good riddance but I'm not sure she's gone.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (kNAyK)

329 After that Joe Kent shitshow.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (GD0B3)

330 rock-ribbed "conservative"."

Ribbed for who's pleasure?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (XuXeR)

331 Damn. Time for some here to look for new demons and divine objects of hatred.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (E6xSb

So jazz music?



From GatewayPundit

Pam Bondi is out as Attorney General, according to Fox News.

Fox News reported that Pam Bondi met with President Trump on Wednesday night before his Iran speech.

Bondi has reportedly already flown back to her home in Florida.

The president has reportedly discussed replacing Bondi with EPA Chief Lee Zeldin.

On Wednesday night CNN and The New York Times reported that President Trump was mulling firing Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein file release.

The New York Times reported that President Trump has been frustrated with Pam Bondi’s leadership at the DOJ.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)

332 And her performance at the hearings. That was another Gabbard shitshow.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)

333 303 Where’s TJM??

Shhhhhh, my scrolling finger is enjoying the time off.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (Y1sOo)

334 312 306 was at this:


lol I know I admit I was very against her!

I just feel bad now I guess

am hoping there was a definitive reason like her leaking info to Swalwell tbh. not just sharks moving on her bc they smelled blood after Noem was fired

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (j+aD2)

335 Ugh, Trump better not hire Trey Gowdy.
Another phony - all show for the cameras, no significant accomplishments in Congress.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (4KUe5)

336 Hi- please excuse being off topic, but I think someone here is an insurance broker. I need quotes on a BOP as I think I am way over paying, but maybe I am not. I would rather give my money to one of you morons, as little as that may be, than a stranger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (Wmg4n)

337 Bondi was friends with Ben Crump and helped sink the country into racial despair for Little Trayvon. Bad on guns too. Not sure what part she played in the Epstein Op that was intended to overshadow Trump's Third Term and take him down for good. A real useless waste of space and that's the charitable read. If she's gone good riddance but I'm not sure she's gone.


thank you for the reminder!

she's gone

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (j+aD2)

338 316 Wait till those who wanted Bondi gone, find out who is replacing her...their minds will exploded.
Posted by: runner

Yes, I am available, highly ethical and highly qualified!

Posted by: Jeff Sessions at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (ycI94)

339 Zeldin would be an interesting choice.

He probably one the last NYS gov election if only citizens were allowed to vote.

Is that going to give him the sort of fire needed to stop this fraud?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

340 Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (kNAyK)

I was waiting for you to apparate out of the ether.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

341 America, F*ck Yeah!

Costco actually sells this $140, TEN-POUND chocolate Easter bunny
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
.......

Does it come shrink wrapped to eleven others?

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (UjdFS)

342 The president has reportedly discussed replacing Bondi with EPA Chief Lee Zeldin.

************************

EN FUEGO

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 02, 2026 01:12 PM (REq0p)

343 Does reality exist even if every human being decides that it does not?"


WOAH DUDE!!!!

*grabs bong and Hermann Hesse/Carlos Castaneda books.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:12 PM (XuXeR)

344 OK, she was fired.

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:12 PM (GD0B3)

345 Nood Blondi

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)

346 Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:09 PM (kNAyK)

I was waiting for you to apparate out of the ether.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 02, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

Rumors of my mattering have been greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 01:13 PM (kNAyK)

347 Nood Bondi

Posted by: Clay at April 02, 2026 01:13 PM (sWdhC)

348 Bondi was friends with Ben Crump and helped sink the country into racial despair for Little Trayvon. Bad on guns too. Not sure what part she played in the Epstein Op that was intended to overshadow Trump's Third Term and take him down for good. A real useless waste of space and that's the charitable read. If she's gone good riddance but I'm not sure she's gone.
Posted by: ...

^^
She's a nogoodnik from long ago. Poor choice.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 01:13 PM (abIsI)

349 Wait till those who wanted Bondi gone, find out who is replacing her...their minds will exploded.
Posted by: runner

Yes, I am available, highly ethical and highly qualified!
Posted by: Jeff Sessions

I'm thinking more Vlad the Impaler.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (1VQ1H)

350 Little Trayvon"

Now 14 years sober!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (XuXeR)

351 So, we're never to believe anyone can ever change their tune, even if they seem genuine for a time.

------

If - at any point in his entire career - Carlson seemed "genuine" to anyone, it's because they desperately wanted to believe whatever happened to be spilling from his lips at that particular minute (it always changed a minute later).

This is the real problem - the Left has monolithic control of political and media institutions, and the Right is a completely unserved market. So they will believe literally *anyone* who says a few things they like at some point - even if he's a charlatan who's as transparent as a glass of pilsner.

They're just a pile of red meat for every hungry grifter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)

352 I think seeing the performance over the Birthright case really did her in, huh. That was supposed to be a win. I like her loyalty to Trump. Hope whoever is next is just as loyal. I think he will be !

Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (GD0B3)

353 Bondi has reportedly already flown back to her home in Florida.
......

I hope the TSA agent got a good feel.

Posted by: wth at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)

354 Wading through social media, stupid liberals who are screeching all Netanyahu videos are A.I. and he was actually killed are gushing over A.I. Iranian videos of some bearded monkey skateboarding as a missle launches and silly Lego cartoons about Native Americans to try and White guilt Americans into quitting as proof Iran is "winning".

Posted by: ObsidianKnife at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (wi5kh)

355 In truth I don’t give a damn about Bondi, but IF she is indeed fired I would have waited until mid November. It just supplies fodder for the Left and also limits any other personnel moves Trump might need to make in the near future. Our side is treading very close to the “ complete disarray” attack that the Dems would love to make. Hell, they might use that anyway.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (pDt9x)

356 And even if Trump refused to bend to their will, why, as long as they were seen as close to Trump, they could emerge as his successors after Trump was term-limited and retired.

-----------------

Next you'll be telling me that they're going to assassinate Charlie Kirk.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (nCGhB)

357 https://x.com/i/status/2039751312515149852

Posted by: LittleMs.Inopulent at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (1/H5+)

358 355 In truth I don’t give a damn about Bondi, but IF she is indeed fired I would have waited until mid November. It just supplies fodder for the Left and also limits any other personnel moves Trump might need to make in the near future. Our side is treading very close to the “ complete disarray” attack that the Dems would love to make. Hell, they might use that anyway.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (pDt9x)

Exactly.

I wasn’t crazy about her being AG but nor was I consumed with hatred for her like many here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:21 PM (E6xSb)

359 Trump's a results orientated person. Whether or not AG Bondi was delivering the results he was looking for has probably been answered. I don't think it was "just" her handling of the Epstein files... although that was a poor initial showing for her. Having Comey's perjury charge dismissed/not referred by a grand jury (regardless where it was empaneled) didn't help.

Maybe someone else can point to the results Bondi got that may have mattered.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 01:22 PM (AkEZC)

360 At one and the same time, they say Iran was never seeking nuclear weapons. And that Iran has the right to nuclear weapons.

------------

It's not happening and it's a good thing it is!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 01:23 PM (nCGhB)

361
Al Gore says none of the climate predictions were wrong, so let’s revisit the one where Florida disappears.



During one of his book tours about 15 years ago, he used to go to book shows and college campuses and do his speech, then he'd run like a scalded cat when it came time for the traditional Q and A session. The "moderator" would practically lick his testicles while explaining to the audience that Gore couldn't stay to answer questions because he had a vitally important meeting that he had to fly out immediately to attend. Same schtick on multiple talks all shown on CSPAN that year.

What a pussy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 01:25 PM (y9nCu)

362 Who could ever predicted that Ben Shapiro's affirmative action hire would end up causing problems?

Posted by: Ken at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (aVf49)

363 363 Who could ever predicted that Ben Shapiro's affirmative action hire would end up causing problems?
Posted by: Ken at April 02, 2026 01:26 PM (aVf49)

Huh?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (E6xSb)

364 Posted by: Coach Howard Schnebrllenegr at April 02, 2026 01:20 PM (YZhRl)

Again, argued like a good little Marxist fuckwit.

No reasoning, just looking at what groups you can compartmentalize people into.

Go ahead and defend Candace's views, and argue against Murray's, dipshit, rather than pretend Ovens is unimpeachable because she cosplays as a Catholic to get dickless rubes like you to white-knight for her.

Posted by: far cry at April 02, 2026 01:31 PM (Q6P2R)

365 Damn. Time for some here to look for new demons and divine objects of hatred.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 01:06 PM (E6xSb)

Like a google search, that'll take .ooo24 of a second.
Demons are everywhere.
She'll be replaced as an object of hatred quickly.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 02, 2026 01:35 PM (zafwz)

366 Tucker's WWII rantings are silly. We were essentially in the war in the Atlantic fully by late 1941. We took over defense of Canada so all of their Navy and Troops could be redeployed overseas.

"Getting us into the war" could *also* have been accomplished by smashing the attack with much less loss of life. We had been on alert for 2 weeks but the Japanese fleet was delayed until the first day we stood down, Dec 7.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (8avO+)

367 German Potato Salad, My Way
...
Posted by: Eddie Doucette, Ghost Chef
-----
You left out the mustard powder.
My grandmother's potato salad had mustard powder in it, and she got the recipe from her Pennsylvania Dutch (Dunkard) grandmother.
Therefore it can't be REAL German Potato Salad without mustard. So there.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:36 PM (DAQKj)

368 >>In truth I don’t give a damn about Bondi, but IF she is indeed fired I would have waited until mid November. It just supplies fodder for the Left and also limits any other personnel moves Trump might need to make in the near future. Our side is treading very close to the “ complete disarray” attack that the Dems would love to make. Hell, they might use that anyway.

Republicans might not even control the Senate in mid November. It's going to be hard enough to get someone through the Senate as it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 01:38 PM (viF8m)

369 Holy JuJuBones! Tuca actually said he hated Trump. Wow. I was keeping him on the sideline because he brings on knowledgeable people about things, but he-gone now. What a grifting prick.

MAGA is not leaving Trump, don't worry. And we see the 'establishment' grifters for who they are.

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (iXm17)

370 352 I think seeing the performance over the Birthright case really did her in, huh. That was supposed to be a win. I like her loyalty to Trump. Hope whoever is next is just as loyal. I think he will be !
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2026 01:15 PM (GD0B3)

I think you are correct Runner. He canned her right before last night's speech and after he witnessed the pathetic oral arguments.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 01:44 PM (y171U)

371 Candace married a white dude. She has special insights yo.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 02, 2026 01:45 PM (cS1cw)

372 I think i owe the opposite of an i told you so to everyone who thought Bondi was bad juju.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 01:49 PM (eqMv7)

373 Lol. HordeJuJu.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 01:50 PM (eqMv7)

374 369. Republicans might not even control the Senate in mid November. It's going to be hard enough to get someone through the Senate as it is.

Posted by: JackStraw

👍

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 01:51 PM (NFX2v)

375 372 Candace married a white dude. She has special insights yo.
Posted by: connected and litigiou

Her husband, George Farmer, formerly led Turning Point UK and Parler.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 01:54 PM (NFX2v)

376 In 3 years, we'll be in the 2028 Presidential election cycle. Without Trump on the ballot, and MAGA starting it's twelve year as a political slogan, the political comment environment will likely be unrecognizable from today. I suspect Tucker, Candace, and Megan understand their future paychecks are greatly at risk so they are selling out to America's enemies today to do as much damage as possible to us Conservatives. Either that or they are convinced AI's ability to manipulate average Americas will become so good that we're going to be in a full Communist dictatorship by then.

And absent election fraud twice a bad as 2020, the Senate is not in danger in 2026.

Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at April 02, 2026 02:01 PM (55jmf)

377 Brilliant, Ace.

Candace Owens needs to be in a straight jacket and hauled off to a psych unit. For a change of meds or introduction of meds or electroshock therapy. Something. Her eyes scare me. In real life I'd flee from her at a grocery store.

I did my part yesterday and fought anti-Semitism on another blog. The raking woman has come back after her retreat from me, and now posting nature or dog photos. The other guy has not said much since yesterday when I defended Israel and Bibi.

My husband, when I tell him about this, thinks I am also nuts but basically harmless. I mean, no one else says squat to these Owens and Tucker wannabes comments so I do. Politely and with facts.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (WONhk)

378 2 years

Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at April 02, 2026 02:03 PM (55jmf)

379 Methinks the pool of non-backstabbing, competent, MAGA, Cabinet candidates is too small.

70% of something is better than 90% of nothing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (u82oZ)

380 Meanwhile, history actually shows that FDR wanted to provoke the Japanese into an incident in the South China Sea and all civilian and military assessments were that the Japanese were not merely incapable of getting to Pearl Harbor but of running an air attack.

Carlson has gone the full Revisionist. I expect some Lost Cause and Stab in the Back drivel next.

Posted by: Sam at April 02, 2026 02:27 PM (7jMef)

381 If - at any point in his entire career - Carlson seemed "genuine" to anyone, it's because they desperately wanted to believe whatever happened to be spilling from his lips at that particular minute (it always changed a minute later).

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
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I take that as a mischaracterization of me. And I do not recall a time I "desperately wanted" what the clown who used to wear the bow tie to be true.

No, in his run, he won me over by proving to be one of the best commentors on national live media. I could really give a shit if you don't hold that opinion.

This is just a simplistic shame on you different from my suss, given we're standing in the aftermath of Carlson's decline.

Your observation does not match mine. He was very good at his job.

I really don't understand why people don't think people can decline or go off the rails. Why do you want to take more burden on just to say "See, I was right!"?

I really don't know what to make of Tucker now. But in the lead up to the 2024 election, Tucker toured stadiums and sold-out shows promoting Trump's presidency. I can't say objectively how much that did for Trump

Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

382 In April 2024, Tarlson was already denouncing anyone who would defend the use of nuclear weapons to end World War II as "prima facie evil". Nothing that he's done since then should be surprising.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 02, 2026 04:56 PM (A+9Ht)

The Morning Rant

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One of the reasons why we conservatives find it difficult to comprehend the magnitude and reach of the organizations funding, organizing, and promoting the comprehensive leftist response to pretty much everything the Trump administration does, is that we are far too invested in our own individualism, and chafe at the thought of being a cog in some great right-wing machine. We simply can't imagine why anyone would be such a mindless drone, sent hither and yon at the behest of a cabal of wealthy progressive manipulators, who are themselves simply tools of our enemies abroad.

But the left has no problem with being part of the collective, because that is exactly who they are! There is no recognition of the uniqueness of the human condition. It sees everyone as part of a greater whole that inevitably moves toward their goal, which is the destruction of the individual, and the rejection of the divine spark that gives meaning to the world, gives meaning to life, and creates the conditions necessary to recognize the intrinsic worth of each of us.

Religion, traditional culture, the nuclear family, free markets, respect for life...all are targets in the great war that the left is waging against Western culture. And while those are all powerful weapons in that battle, the left's ability to organize and to sublimate the God-given attributes of humanity is a tremendous advantage.

No Kings Puppets Push for 'Communist Revolution' in America

If you were in New York City on Saturday during the third edition of the No Kings movement, you would have seen a smorgasbord of far-left groups aiming to sow the seeds of revolution in America.

You would have seen numerous flags adorned with the hammer and sickle. You would have been surrounded by collectivist swag and literature for sale, including copies of The Communist Manifesto. You would have seen banners with socialist slogans celebrating depraved monsters like Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. Worst of all, you would have been inundated with chants like, “there is only one solution — communist revolution.”

The No Kings movement is a sham. Far from a grassroots movement, it is a highly coordinated, well-funded network of far-left groups that seek to replace America’s founding principles.


And the left's useful idiots -- the blue-haired cat ladies, the septuagenarian hipsters with gray ponytails reliving their counter-culture youth, the ignorant 20-somethings who believe everything they hear, as long as it is in a reel shorter than 30 seconds -- they obediently rush out onto the street carrying preprinted signs, chant slogans from 3x5 cards, get their protest checks from the organizers, and rush home to tell their friends how powerful they are!

It is a fight that conservatives find difficult to enter, precisely because we are not worker bees being directed by others. But enter it we must! Luckily we have the truth and 2,500 years of evidence on our side.


[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

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1 uno

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 11:00 AM (N1DT3)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:00 AM (7Q7Ca)

3 Punk munky.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:00 AM (7Q7Ca)

4
ESPONJA!!1!!11!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)

5 The left is made up of people who can't think beyond first-order consequences.

Worse, they are generally wrong, even about those.

All that matters to them is that they mean well and those evil conservatives don't.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

6 sent hither and yon at the behest of a cabal of wealthy progressive manipulators, who are themselves simply tools of our enemies abroad.

Who themselves are minions of Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

7 If you're not a person who'd screw another person over, you don't understand that behaviour.

And you're likely to be shocked when it happens to you.
The first few times.
Or the biggest time.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

8 7th after reading content.
Hmmmm

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

9 I'd like to order a large cheese pizza. Extra cheese please. Hello? Hello? The service here sucks.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM (l2BnZ)

10 Even more disturbing, followers of a Woke Right podcaster I ran across believed every word of the "message to the American people" from the President of Iran before Trump spoke last night.

Posted by: KT at April 02, 2026 11:04 AM (7vIsy)

11 A righteous rant, CBD.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

12 It is rather funny to see the people who are fighting for the permanent ruling class, the unelected bureaucracy, massive corporate interests, and the the entire legal and education systems, characterize themselves as "the resistance."

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

13 Sure, there are millions of leftist retards in America.

I'm betting only 20% of them are full fledged communists. They're paid to make it look like they're a bigger portion, but just look at how many of the same people were found at multiple rallies over the weekend.

They're loud and obnoxious, but would be put down quickly were an actual revolution to occur.

They shouldn't be ignored, however. RINO's and weak meat Congresspeople are EASILY swayed by these jokers because they're loud and obnoxious. Can't look bad on social media or the left wing news, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:05 AM (7Q7Ca)

14 I'd like to order a large cheese pizza. Extra cheese please. Hello? Hello? The service here sucks.
Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM


Be sure to tip your Door Dasher.

Posted by: Big Sausage Pizza delivery driver at April 02, 2026 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

15 So kings are bad, but commie dictators are totes cool?

Okaaaaay…

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

16 It is a fight that conservatives find difficult to enter, precisely because we are not worker bees being directed by others. But enter it we must! Luckily we have the truth and 2,500 years of evidence on our side.

The immediate answer to most of the tactical weaknesses the right has is that the left has a whole movement to do them.

This includes NGOs, government employee groups, and media outlets

I don't think the issue is really that we are too independent. I think the primary issue is that the left sees this as a priority and FUNDS it. Yes, mostly with stolen taxpayers dollars.

But why is there always some leftwing schmuck available to do whatever the left wants? Because they are paying for it.

Why do we often find there is no one to fight for right wing causes? Because we expect working people with families to do it in their free time.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

17 I've never been to a protest; doubt I'll ever go to one

I'd like to think I do my part by going to work, raising a family, going to church, interacting with friends and being a good citizen...

I don't have time to protest

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (xT8gx)

18 I don't have blinders on. I see all the evil of the Left, but choose life.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (qFwJc)

19 I continue to believe that a significant portion of "protesters" at these leftwing plasmodial rants are paid to be there.

Sure, there are some true believers, and some useful idiots, but the core seems to be rent-a-mobbers. These types tend to be mentally-ill and prone to agitation already, but it takes cold hard cash to get them off the semen-stained couches in their parents' basements.

It's no coincidence that the attendance at these events fell off drastically as soon as Trump cut off USAID and other funding.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (iFTx/)

20 I've been fighting communism all my life and I'm not stopping now. If those no king dickheads want to bring their commie bullsh*t to my little town...fine. It's game on!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (2WIwB)

21 If you're not a person who'd screw another person over, you don't understand that behaviour.

And you're likely to be shocked when it happens to you.
The first few times.
Or the biggest time.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

One of the failings of our culture is that we tend to think other people are very much like ourselves. It can lead to trusting people that you should never trust.

Tribal cultures don't have that failing, but it's a much worse outcome overall.

Which is why we should be stamping out the tribal mindset that the left encourages and glorifies. It's the natural state of man, so it will be a difficult fight.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (N1DT3)

22 The No Kings protesters from the assisted living hang their printed signs on their walkers. It's a good look.

Posted by: Used Tennis Balls Have A Purpose at April 02, 2026 11:08 AM (oY1HT)

23 The No Kings exercise was simply group therapy for a bunch of maladjusted simpletons who think anything that doesn't conform to their world view is fascist, racist or evil.
They are so far up their own asses with self-importance and virtue signalling that they have lost touch with the reality that life doesn't always go the way you feel it should.
The government schools and universities are on pace to spew out a third generation steeped in this myopic mental state and that doesn't bode well for our society's future.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 02, 2026 11:08 AM (MNCvZ)

24 15 So kings are bad, but commie dictators are totes cool?

Okaaaaay…
Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

And child raping prophets beat them all.

Depending on who you ask.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Sco7b)

25 I'd like to order a large cheese pizza. Extra cheese please. Hello? Hello? The service here sucks.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at April 02, 2026 11:03 AM



Ah yes.....prepubescent young boys.....

Posted by: David French at April 02, 2026 11:09 AM (7Q7Ca)

26 So kings are bad, but commie dictators are totes cool?

Trump sending illegals home = bad
Biden locking people in their homes = good

Its insane right? Now the left will sort of explain this - Biden was working with the permanent bureaucracy so it is ok. Trump is opposing the permanent bureaucracy so it is bad.

But you'll notice that has nothing to do with monarchy or even democracy...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

27 More important, they are an army and this weekend was a military exercise.

It was a training and a rehearsal. It was a show of force. And it was a recruiting program. Their intention is very clear.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 11:10 AM (MHAh2)

28 10 Even more disturbing, followers of a Woke Right podcaster I ran across believed every word of the "message to the American people" from the President of Iran before Trump spoke last night.
Posted by: KT

Ignore the past 47 years, the invasion of our territory (embassy), the hostages held for over a year, the constant bombings, the chants of Death to America, the support of Hezbollah and the Houthis and other terror groups.

Woke right has succumbed to year 0 nonsense.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)

29 Huh.

"Zero-th order consequences" might actually be a thing.

"Am i a bad person if i even entertain the thought that that jerk might be right? No, no, best not to even risk it. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 11:10 AM (eqMv7)

30 I haven't seen that old homosexual queen standing on Central Park West waving cheap hand-painted signs in a while. Maybe he's dead.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 11:11 AM (iFTx/)

31 The leftist folks I know don't believe that they're random cogs in a great machine. They all believe that they reached their talking points their own selves and it is sheer coincidence that what they say is exactly the same thing that all their peers say.

Just a helluva coincidence.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at April 02, 2026 11:12 AM (S6tOh)

32 The physiognomy of the left is very off-putting. Could anyone look at images of Good and Pretti and not think they were round the bend? The far left propagandists (NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, ...) worked very hard to turn them into martyrs, but I don't think they could break through what anyone with eyes could see in those pictures.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 11:12 AM (GPa4z)

33 Create a movement, and you will find followers. It's like some kind of sociological Say's Law. Supply of nuttery creates its own demand for nuttiness.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 02, 2026 11:12 AM (eqMv7)

34
anti-fa = PRO- fa
BLM = black lives are cannon fodder and do not matter
No Kings = Yes, tyranny and communist dictator


It is the oldest ploy in the world to name something the opposite of what it is. It only fools the most stupid of people,but that is their target audience.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 02, 2026 11:12 AM (MHAh2)

35 16
‘I don't think the issue is really that we are too independent. I think the primary issue is that the left sees this as a priority and FUNDS it. Yes, mostly with stolen taxpayers dollars.’

I think so too. I had high hopes early in Trump’s administration that he was going to seize all these funds and let the ‘Rats spend four years in court trying to get it back.
Alas…

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 11:13 AM (jbnUc)

36 Well, you see, a King is an individual with his own thoughts. Only the bureaucratic "collective" can represent humanity!

(ugh, threw up in my mouth a bit writing that)

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 11:13 AM (aJQbY)

37 we [conservatives] are far too invested in our own individualism, and chafe at the thought of being a cog in some great right-wing machine...the left has no problem with being part of the collective, because that is exactly who they are!

I don't think this analysis is quite right. Conservatives love being part of a collective....military organizations, sports teams, etc. And they aren't all gunning to climb the ranks and be the leader: on the contrary, some a happy to fill a subordinate role well and help the team succeed.

The issue, at least as far as visible activism goes, is conservatives strive for self sufficience, and don't have time to protest and agitate publicly unless things are REALLY bad. Leftist are often underemployed, nepo-babies, or old Boomers with plenty of free time and little purpose or fulfillment in life. They're easy prey to radicalized and motivate. Many are failures in life, and Leftism let's them blame some external force, and gives them a worth purpose in "fighting" it.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ycI94)

38 Trump sending illegals home = bad
Biden locking people in their homes = good

Its insane right? Now the left will sort of explain this - Biden was working with the permanent bureaucracy so it is ok. Trump is opposing the permanent bureaucracy so it is bad.

But you'll notice that has nothing to do with monarchy or even democracy...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)



Biden had Americans imprisoned for Jan 6th with no trial and no convictions. Biden locked you in your home, forced you to get a brutal, deadly, untested vaccine and removed military personnel who didn't take said vaccine or just wanted to live life as normal as possible. Biden and Owebama jailed investigative journalists who spoke out against the totalitarian regimes.

But Trump is bad because he's done none of those things, secured the border, deported murderous thugs, removed men from women's sports and improved the economy by leaps and bounds.

No Kings protesters should be smashed in the face with a skillet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (7Q7Ca)

39 ''The No Kings movement is a sham. Far from a grassroots movement, it is a highly coordinated, well-funded network of far-left groups that seek to replace America’s founding principles.'


The easy answer is to find the source of funding and remove them from the planet. Ancient ways are best ways.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (snZF9)

40 The leftist folks I know don't believe that they're random cogs in a great machine. They all believe that they reached their talking points their own selves and it is sheer coincidence that what they say is exactly the same thing that all their peers say.

On a similar note, if you look at the insane things they claim are true they'll tell you they are well verified and many, many reputable news sources back them up.

But if you actually look at them they are a bunch of various leftwing opinion outlets all quoting each other, going back to one "news" articles on a leftwing site claiming an anonymous source.

But from their perspective they see a large number of "reputable" sites all saying the same thing

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:15 AM (sKqQm)

41 For leftists, their ideology IS their religion. They're every bit as passionate about it as the Muslims are about Islam. And they share a lot of similarities.

Abide or die being the most prevalent.

As many have said, there is zero chance of coexisting with these people. At some point we'll either deal with them, or abide by them. There is only extermination as the alternative.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 11:16 AM (AkEZC)

42 But the left has no problem with being part of the collective Borg ...

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You WILL be assimilated!

Resistance is FUTILE!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:16 AM (seACy)

43 It is a fight that conservatives find difficult to enter, precisely because we are not worker bees being directed by others. But enter it we must! Luckily we have the truth and 2,500 years of evidence on our side.

-------------

... and lots of guns, but mostly lots of guns.

/Without the 2nd Amendment, we'd be Australia now ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:18 AM (seACy)

44 I am going to read Eric Hoffer's "True Believer" again after many years.
Opened my eyes to a lot of this stuff.

Posted by: Andrew at April 02, 2026 11:18 AM (FBacG)

45 To expound on what passes for leftist thought:
Because everyone has their own truth, their own lived experiences, no one person can represent others honestly. Therefore it's important that everyone subsume themselves to the group, so that the group's shared experiences form the truth, and we can escape our own miserable lives.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 02, 2026 11:18 AM (aJQbY)

46 Yes, leftists are media creatures. Turn their screens off and they wont know what to think. They've abdicated their judgement to people they don't know. They think what the images of people tell them to think.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 11:18 AM (DgMqy)

47 We simply can't imagine why anyone would be such a mindless drone

I can imagine why. It's easy. Because being a mindless drone means never having to think, never having to form one's own ideas and opinions, and never taking responsibility for oneself. And at the same time feeling important and superior.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 02, 2026 11:19 AM (CHHv1)

48 A large portion of the rioters are paid protestors. One should be able to easily follow the money, review the protestors reported income and start arresting people for tax fraud, Al Capone style.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:19 AM (7Q7Ca)

49 If you were in New York City on Saturday during the third edition of the No Kings movement

The 250th celebration of No Kings Day on July 4th is going to be spectacular. I can appreciate that they're getting excited!

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 11:19 AM (zfkPG)

50 They actually believe they are freeing the individual from all constraints. Really. They genuinely believe that if you follow some rule - which includes having a reason for what you do - you are limiting yourself. And you need to be freed from that. Postmoderns - and before them, existentialists - were explicit here. Any such motivations are per se limiting. And therefore we have to be freed from such.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 11:19 AM (AlhUl)

51 Do leftists go into the care homes and assist the elderly with their ballots? I wonder because so many "senior living facilities" have sprung up around where I live and the voting patterns have changed quite a bit.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 11:19 AM (GPa4z)

52
... and lots of guns, but mostly lots of guns.

/Without the 2nd Amendment, we'd be Australia now ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:18 AM (seACy)



According to Mr. Inbetween, there's plenty of guns in Australia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:20 AM (7Q7Ca)

53 Another part of all this - I subject myself to leftwing discussion because I want to understand what the left believes, but everyone on the left gets a fairly good idea of what the left believes because you can't escape it from mass media and how leftists will not stop getting into politics in any and all venues that get into.

But leftists have no idea what the right believes - you have to go aggressively look for right leaning sources because you can live your life completely in a left leaning bubble.

Hell, I watched a few videos on leftwing sites and...not only do they have no idea what we believe they don't even know where the right gathers to talk politics or who leading rightwing pundits are.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

54 Which is why we should be stamping out the tribal mindset that the left encourages and glorifies. It's the natural state of man, so it will be a difficult fight.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (N1DT3)

Well said.

The education system would need to be completely reformed. Aside from math and sciences where you're right or wrong, the social stuff just teaches the kids to conform and answer how the teeacher thinks.

By the time everyone has their PhD's, there's no reason to challenge anything. Go along to get along, retire in a few decades.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 11:21 AM (Sco7b)

55 We simply can't imagine why anyone would be such a mindless drone

It relieves them of responsibility. They get to profit while "just following orders, Your Honor!" Vaccines, anyone?

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 11:21 AM (zfkPG)

56 37 we [conservatives] are far too invested in our own individualism, and chafe at the thought of being a cog in some great right-wing machine...the left has no problem with being part of the collective, because that is exactly who they are!

I don't think this analysis is quite right. Conservatives love being part of a collective....military organizations, sports teams, etc. And they aren't all gunning to climb the ranks and be the leader: on the contrary, some a happy to fill a subordinate role well and help the team succeed.

The issue, at least as far as visible activism goes, is conservatives strive for self sufficience, and don't have time to protest and agitate publicly unless things are REALLY bad. Leftist are often underemployed, nepo-babies, or old Boomers with plenty of free time and little purpose or fulfillment in life. They're easy prey to radicalized and motivate. Many are failures in life, and Leftism let's them blame some external force, and gives them a worth purpose in "fighting" it.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ycI94)
_________
I think you're on the right track there.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 11:22 AM (AlhUl)

57 The only good Commies are dead Commies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (+KZdK)

58 It is so cute to think that Trump supporters are a monolithic block

My cats are a monolithic block, they all think they should be fed at 5.30

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (rbvCR)

59 I'm not saying the No Kings marchers skewedd older, but...


Doors Open at 4:00, Seating is Limited - a limerick

The No Kings rally lacked morale
It turned into a real foofarall
The marchers all got surly
And the protest broke up early
As they all raced to The Golden Corral

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (qgHp7)

60 The immediate answer to most of the tactical weaknesses the right has is that the left has a whole movement to do them.

It doesn't help that most of our members of the permanent government apparatus are traitors to the cause they claim to represent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

61 The right is every bit as manipulated as the left, and the reflexive responses to various topics are as just as sure to trigger a conservative as a liberal.


Disagree. I won't say there isn't any of that...but he has a high level of support because he's doing the things he promised to do. Imagine what would happen if he instead reversed course and opened the borders? And yes look what happened to Shrub's support when he betrayed the country on illegal immigration.

And yes compare that to Obama flip flopping on gay marriage or lowering the costs of insurance...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

62 The easy answer is to find the source of funding and remove them from the planet. Ancient ways are best ways.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (snZF9)

-------------

🎶
Where have you gone, Christopher Kyle?
A nation turns its lonely sights to you ... woo hoo hoo
🎶

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (seACy)

63
But if you actually look at them they are a bunch of various leftwing opinion outlets all quoting each other, going back to one "news" articles on a leftwing site claiming an anonymous source.

If you are on social media and receive "guidance" from the TDS-afflicted, you'll see that their postings are not their own and original in any sense. What they spew --.re-spew, really -- are incoherent posts created by someone else.

And yet, it is they who are the smart and thinking ones, and not you knuckle-dragging MAGAts.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (xG4kz)

64 We simply can't imagine why anyone would be such a mindless drone


Never underestimate Big Pharma's ability to alter the human brain chemically......

ALL of the leftists protesting are on meds.....and most of the remaining left....are on meds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:24 AM (7Q7Ca)

65 Hell, I watched a few videos on leftwing sites and...not only do they have no idea what we believe they don't even know where the right gathers to talk politics or who leading rightwing pundits are.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:20 AM


Not true! It's Faux News! If we could get rid of them, we'd be on our way to the Worker's Paradise!

Posted by: Denizens of Democratic Underground at April 02, 2026 11:25 AM (0sNs1)

66 The only good Commies are dead Commies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (+KZdK)



"What's it like to kill another human?"

"I don't know. I've only killed communists."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:25 AM (7Q7Ca)

67 Mock them.

Treat them like insane novelties. Act like a bunch of Japanese with cameras spotting an exotic beast.

"Oh, Ethyl, look at the tattoos on this one!"
"Ethyl, get a magnet. We can pull this cow by the face tackle. "
"Soy milk is strong with this one."

Make sure to laugh at their slogans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 11:25 AM (u82oZ)

68 We simply can't imagine why anyone would be such a mindless drone

Oh this does have many advantages for the left.

For example any time something bad happens to a lefty I know its...Trump's fault. Not theirs, not local pols, not state pols...always Trump's fault

While it is stupid it makes you feel a lot better about things because then you just need to get rid of Trump and you get Utopia.

Now interestingly during the Obama years the role of Emmanuel Goldstein was played by the Republican congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 11:26 AM (sKqQm)

69 As conservatives we kick up a fuss now n then. Win a political battle here n there. We won the last presidential election. Cool for now. Problem is the foes in "our party" and the tenaciousness of the left. I think most of us here will have expired by the time violence in the streets started by the left comes about. The political process doesn't mean a damn thing. It is broken and doesn't work for us. We play by the rules, they don't. The only thing that'll save our kids and what we've left behind is hopefully the fighting spirit we've instilled. The only thing that'll possibly save this country is violence. Violence that we'll dragged into in defense of ourselves. The left will start this, I just hope we can finish it.

Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 11:26 AM (IlL6s)

70 What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and a-carrying signs
Mostly say hooray for our side
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

Posted by: Stephen Stills at April 02, 2026 11:27 AM (spmzt)

71
Make sure to laugh at their slogans.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 11:25 AM (u82oZ)



Point and laugh at every opportunity. Doesn't matter what. Point and laugh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:27 AM (7Q7Ca)

72 It can be lunch time, waiting for some door delivery

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 11:27 AM (DyV0j)

73 I'm not saying the No Kings marchers skewedd older, but...


Doors Open at 4:00, Seating is Limited - a limerick

The No Kings rally lacked morale
It turned into a real foofarall
The marchers all got surly
And the protest broke up early
As they all raced to The Golden Corral

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (qgHp7)

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The No Kings rally lacked marches
It turned into a need for starches
The marchers all got surly
And the protest broke up early
As they all raced to The Golden Arches

/yeah, I'm no Muldoon

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:28 AM (seACy)

74 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2026 11:28 AM (g7RBA)

75 Point and laugh at every opportunity. Doesn't matter what. Point and laugh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:27 AM (7Q7Ca)

------------

I always point to their genitals and laugh.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (seACy)

76 I think the biggest divide between conservatives and leftist commies is that commies like to be told what to do.

Leftists are like Muslims in that they don't want freedom or individual thought. Freedom and individuality comes with responsibilities and accountability. Commies and Muslims don't want that. They'd rather be told what to do.

Give a leftist a slogan or sign, and they will chant the slogan and carry the sign. Without question. Some of them don't even know what the slogan means and don't care ("from the river to the sea ...."). Just chanting the NPC slogan is enough.

Sure, some of these people think communism is a way to seize power for themselves. But even then, the way to get power is to rigidly and mindlessly conform to a pre-planned ideology that permits no deviation.

Even the highest ranking members in USSR and Red China had to be very careful not to deviate from dogma even a little, or else they'd risk being executed.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

77 75 Morning.
Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2026 11:28 AM


Is it morning again? Already?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (S6tOh)

78 58
‘The only good Commies are dead Commies.’

That’s why whenever one of the Commies dies I say,”Good.”

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (jbnUc)

79 It's not a true leftist rally if there's not a photo of someone shitting on a cop car.

Occupy Wall Street showed how it's done. They didn't learn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:30 AM (7Q7Ca)

80 ------------

I always point to their genitals and laugh.
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (seACy)



"How'd he know?!?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:30 AM (7Q7Ca)

81 ALL of the leftists protesting are on meds.....and most of the remaining left....are on meds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:24 AM (7Q7Ca)

======

There really is a big difference in mental health of the left versus the right. The moral heat maps are also good.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 11:30 AM (GPa4z)

82 Mock them.

Treat them like insane novelties. Act like a bunch of Japanese with cameras spotting an exotic beast.

"Oh, Ethyl, look at the tattoos on this one!"
"Ethyl, get a magnet. We can pull this cow by the face tackle. "
"Soy milk is strong with this one."

Make sure to laugh at their slogans.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 11:25 AM (u82oZ)

Last Saturday, I drove by a small, sad No Kings demo in Madras, Oregon. There was largish, bedraggled female-ish critter waving a hand-lettered "Put Trump in Jail" sign. I flipped them the bird, and was rewarded by a burst of incoherent screeching. Made my day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:31 AM (+KZdK)

83 Well, time to go for breakfast. Shutting down for the day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:32 AM (+KZdK)

84 83
Last Saturday, I drove by a small, sad No Kings demo in Madras, Oregon. There was largish, bedraggled female-ish critter waving a hand-lettered "Put Trump in Jail" sign. I flipped them the bird, and was rewarded by a burst of incoherent screeching. Made my day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:31 AM (+KZdK)

Makes you pity their cats.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 11:33 AM (N39Ws)

85 Apparently "we" know who's funding the No Kings street theater, the Antifa riots against ICE and so on. Yet... "nothing happens."

You'd think that if our government honestly wanted to put an end to this shit, they'd work at it. But they don't want to put and end to it. They're getting paid off not to.

The left is a problem. Government's a bigger one. They look out for each other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 11:33 AM (AkEZC)

86
Last Saturday, I drove by a small, sad No Kings demo in Madras, Oregon. There was largish, bedraggled female-ish critter waving a hand-lettered "Put Trump in Jail" sign. I flipped them the bird, and was rewarded by a burst of incoherent screeching. Made my day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:31 AM (+KZdK)



Watched the CSPAN coverage of the rocket launch yesterday. They would take callers during the slow points of the countdown.

Each caller from either Washington State or Oregon was a sniveling, stuttering retard. It really was a true crossection of occupants of leftard shitholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:33 AM (7Q7Ca)

87 [snip of excellent rant]

Even the highest ranking members in USSR and Red China had to be very careful not to deviate from dogma even a little, or else they'd risk being executed.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

---------------

It's almost as if they're Death Cults ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:34 AM (seACy)

88 I'm not saying the No Kings marchers skewedd older, but...

***********

I encountered some protesting friends
Who conflated the means and the ends
As their freak flag unfurled
They sang "Let's change the world!"
Yet they can't even change their Depends™

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:34 AM (qgHp7)

89 Socialist Seniors R Indignant.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 11:34 AM (GPa4z)

90 Nixon and the boys react to the movie Sinners.

https://tinyurl.com/4w5c962m

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2026 11:35 AM (8vE0G)

91 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.

Aside from "No shit" the first thing that pops into my mind is why is the NYT reporting this and why now?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

92
I encountered some protesting friends
Who conflated the means and the ends
As their freak flag unfurled
They sang "Let's change the world!"
Yet they can't even change their Depends™
Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:34 AM (qgHp7)



There are rolls.

There is buttah.

Today, sir, you are buttah on a whole pack of rolls.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:36 AM (7Q7Ca)

93 "How'd he know?!?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:30 AM (7Q7Ca)

----------

lol

Remember when we were kids we were promised future X-ray glasses that would see through clothes?

/And Where The F*ck is My Jet Pack!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:37 AM (seACy)

94 I have been a long time Russian history buff from the Napoleonic Wars through the 1950s. That the Marxists get away
murdering hundreds of millions is a tragedy of history.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 11:37 AM (DyV0j)

95
...they don't even know where the right gathers to talk politics


There's the big difference. They are incapable of talking about anything except politics, so we must do nothing but talk about politics, too. No matter what the subject, sooner or later they turn it over to politics.

When she was three years old, our gDaughter had verbally expressed the idea of not wanting to receive a shot and, wouldn't you know it, the asshat son of one of my wife's friends opined, "She must be a Trump supporter." No, you fucking dolt, she's three and she didn't like getting shots. That was it; nothing else.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:37 AM (xG4kz)

96 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.

Aside from "No shit" the first thing that pops into my mind is why is the NYT reporting this and why now?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)


I'm guessing they got leaked that someone has proof, is planning on attempting to act on that proof, and the Times is trying to prep the faithful when they discover that their movement is even more corrupt than they previously believed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

97 [snip]

Yet they can't even change their Depends™

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:34 AM (qgHp7)

------------

Nice!

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:38 AM (seACy)

98 is that we are far too invested in our own individualism, "

It's Tribalism (the standard Human condition) vs. the Triumph of the Individual (once the beacon of the West).

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:39 AM (XuXeR)

99
Remember when we were kids we were promised future X-ray glasses that would see through clothes?

/And Where The F*ck is My Jet Pack!
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:37 AM (seACy)



Ah yes.....the back pages of spoof comic books were a treasure trove of failure and misery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:39 AM (7Q7Ca)

100 I've never been to a protest; doubt I'll ever go to one

I'd like to think I do my part by going to work, raising a family, going to church, interacting with friends and being a good citizen...

I don't have time to protest
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 11:07 AM (xT8gx)

And there sits the duality of the right's predicament: Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 02, 2026 11:39 AM (g8Ew8)

101 >>I'm guessing they got leaked that someone has proof, is planning on attempting to act on that proof, and the Times is trying to prep the faithful when they discover that their movement is even more corrupt than they previously believed.

That's about where I am. The DOJ has been investigating AB and so is congress. Get out in front of the scandal and try to spin it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:39 AM (viF8m)

102 the asshat son of one of my wife's friends opined, "She must be a Trump supporter." No, you fucking dolt, she's three and she didn't like getting shots. That was it; nothing else.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:37 AM (xG4kz)



Deserves: Broken Nose

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:40 AM (7Q7Ca)

103 Aside from "No shit" the first thing that pops into my mind is why is the NYT reporting this and why now?
Posted by: JackStraw

The Soviets could tell a joke - There is no news in Izvestia and no truth in Pravda.

What's our joke regarding the NYT?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Dv3i1)

104 They are incapable of talking about anything except politics"

They mock "Fox news" being on, yet have NPR/PMSNBCNN on 24/7.

It's medieval.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:41 AM (XuXeR)

105 91
‘Nixon and the boys react to the movie Sinners.’

I liked that. It read just like a Watergate transcript.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 11:41 AM (jbnUc)

106 Not true! It's Faux News! If we could get rid of them, we'd be on our way to the Worker's Paradise!
Posted by: Denizens of Democratic Underground

You forget the nationwide scourge of AM Hate Radio! Damn you Limbaugh!!! Lefty ideas are even more popular, and our thought leaders are more talented...we can't understand why Air America was such a failure!!!

Posted by: Lefty Retards at April 02, 2026 11:41 AM (ycI94)

107 What's our joke regarding the NYT?

All the News Fit to Print

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

108 .we can't understand why Air America was such a failure!!!


Posted by: Lefty Retards at April 02, 2026 11:41 AM (ycI94)

Air Amerika

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (YJFbC)

109 They are incapable of talking about anything except politics"

They mock "Fox news" being on, yet have NPR/PMSNBCNN on 24/7.

It's medieval.
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:41 AM (XuXeR)



Every media outlet leans left. Even Fux.....yet they piss and moan and scream about how REICH WING Fox is.....because they're open minded and inclusive.

They are really going to regret Judgement Day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (7Q7Ca)

110 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ycI94)

I understand your point, but I think that there is a difference between the desire for being part of a team, enjoying the camaraderie of organizations, and sublimating one's deepest and most personal psyche in service to a political ideal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (n9ltV)

111
Air AmeriKKKa

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (YJFbC)




If the foo shits......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:43 AM (7Q7Ca)

112 Air AmeriKKKa

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:42 AM (YJFbC)



If the foo shits......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:43 AM (7Q7Ca)


Better

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (YJFbC)

113 I see that the folks who panic sold at the market open today are not having a great day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)

114 All very well stated CBD.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (XeU6L)

115 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.
____

I fully expect the defense to be, "Not true, these weren't foreign donations. These were US taxpayer funds that just briefly routed through offshore accounts!"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (Dv3i1)

116 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)

117 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.

Aside from "No shit" the first thing that pops into my mind is why is the NYT reporting this and why now?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

---------------

What does Ace call it -- a "Limited Hangout?"

Leaks to the NYT primarily come from the CIA and other Deep State Traitors:

"According to Victor Marchetti, a former special assistant to the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a limited hangout is 'spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals. When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case. The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further'."

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:45 AM (seACy)

118 The only good Commies are dead Commies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 11:23 AM (+KZdK)


Newsletter???

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 11:45 AM (2WIwB)

119
The only times thatvI have watched Fox News for... ever... was when we'd visit my Mom. Her house, her television, and her remote control.

And Mom's been gone now for almost four years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (xG4kz)

120 117 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)


And Gabbard... But I doubt it.....Especially Gabbard

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (YJFbC)

121 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)

---------------

It moved.

Be still my beating schadenboner ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (seACy)

122 When I look at these protests, it appears that the average age is about 70 and heavily skewed female. They came of age hearing that marriage and family were detrimental to their well being. They believed that personal fulfilment was impossible with children. Then Roe came along. Children who would be there for them now were aborted 50 years ago. They now find themselves old and alone seeking something, anything, to give their lives purpose. The men are no better, having lived their lives on a lie. I'd pity them, but they did this to themselves.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (2UnvF)

123 The nO kInGs! gatherings I saw in my area had more hip replacements, Glaucoma, dentures, & Arthritis than a Nursing home bus on the way to the Casino.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (IifOV)

124 116
‘These were US taxpayer funds that just briefly routed through offshore accounts!’

They didn’t cheat. They just briefly routed bogus votes through collection boxes.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 11:47 AM (jbnUc)

125 Colorado SC orders new sentencing for Tina Peters. Hopefully time served

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (19SAM)

126 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.
____

I fully expect the defense to be, "Not true, these weren't foreign donations. These were US taxpayer funds that just briefly routed through offshore accounts!"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (Dv3i1)

***

Not true! Those were genuine American dollars. No Pounds, euros, or lira.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (2WIwB)

127 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)


Who is he going to replace her with, Markwayne Mullins?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)

128 Keep in mind that most Americans who call themselves conservative are really progressives who wish the train stopped a few stations ago.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (AlhUl)

129 126 Colorado SC orders new sentencing for Tina Peters. Hopefully time served
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (19SAM)

What a travesty of "justice" that is...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (YJFbC)

130 The nO kInGs! gatherings I saw in my area had more hip replacements, Glaucoma, dentures, & Arthritis than a Nursing home bus on the way to the Casino.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (IifOV)



You bet your sweet Aspercreme!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (7Q7Ca)

131 The New York Times is out today with an article speculating that ActBlue might have lied to Congress about taking foreign donations.

In other news, I "might have" lied about making John "The Wad" Holmes look like Pee Wee Herman.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

132 As ace noted a few weeks back, Trump has a 100% approval rating among MAGA. What is that, if not monolithic adherence?

Posted by: Let the Scales Fall From Their Eyes


I would prefer it if he simply has the alien invaders executed.
Will settle for deportation vs open borders of the treasonous scum.

How should I vote?
MAGA Trump OK or
TRUMP bad.

/cannot fix willfuly retarded.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (Li9FJ)

133 It moved.

Be still my beating schadenboner ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:46 AM (seACy)


Everyone will clap and cheer. Then we'll go months without an AG and they'll whine. Then the Senate will only confirm someone at best no better and they'll whine more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

134 at some point it becomes hard to separate the wishcasting from the agitprop from the trial balloons from the leaks.

This administration leaks very little, by the way.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (rbvCR)

135 Colorado SC orders new sentencing for Tina Peters. Hopefully time served
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (19SAM)

What a travesty of "justice" that is...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (YJFbC)



The Colorado state government should be sued into bankruptcy for that bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:50 AM (7Q7Ca)

136 CNN: Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she’d be replaced as attorney general, sources say

https://tinyurl.com/28bewmdy

She was still a far better choice than that fat phony Matt Gaetz.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2026 11:50 AM (t65IJ)

137
Everyone will clap and cheer. Then we'll go months without an AG and they'll whine. Then the Senate will only confirm someone at best no better and they'll whine more.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)



If only we had a party with balls and a backbone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:50 AM (7Q7Ca)

138
Everyone will clap and cheer. Then we'll go months without an AG and they'll whine. Then the Senate will only confirm someone at best no better and they'll whine more.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)


Best to leave her where she is...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (YJFbC)

139 CNN: Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she’d be replaced as attorney general, sources say

https://tinyurl.com/28bewmdy



Anonymous Sources. Uh huh.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (7Q7Ca)

140 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)

Who is he going to replace her with, Markwayne Mullins?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)

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I vote for Stephen Miller.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (seACy)

141 122
‘Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?


It moved.

Be still my beating schadenboner ...’

Whoever they replace her with has to be confirmed by the same senate that won’t pass SAVE.

I have no boner for such a candidate

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

142 Nearby Blue City bussed in a small group of AWFLs for the first display of lese-majeste against His Royal Majesty Donald I, King of all the Americas, Emperor of the West, and Defender of the Faith a few months back. We have no indigenous traitors to the Crown here, so they had to bring in this filthy rabble from their Jacquerie-controlled citadel of perfidy to disturb our glorious peace.

But this time - nothing.

Disappointed. I can & do shout at these scum like the loudest and most vulgar Stentor in history, and I was sad they didn't come this time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (BI5O2)

143 *waves frantically to Pam Bondi*
Hey, take a look at this---->

@EricLDaugh
HOLY CRAP! A fraud scandal is BLOWING UP at Newark, New Jersey schools

Over a quarter BILLION federal dollars surged to the district meant to address learning loss, but it had basically NO IMPACT

"This person received the no-show contract, and this person was a close friend of an assistant superintendent of Newark Public Schools."

Funds have flown to a "literary consultant," partly using federal dollars, yet 1 year later, "THE WORK NEVER BEGAN"

"Money is being blown on things that have little to nothing to do with student outcomes, academic improvement and student support! This is the TIP OF THE ICEBERG."

THIS IS INSANE! The fraud is everywhere. Bring on the prosecutions!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (Dv3i1)

144 141 Push alert about Pam Bondi being out?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iMotb)

Who is he going to replace her with, Markwayne Mullins?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)

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I vote for Stephen Miller.
Posted by: ShainS


Ed Martin please.

PS: I told you Bondi was no good.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (abIsI)

145
She was still a far better choice than that fat phony Matt Gaetz.
Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2026 11:50 AM (t65IJ)



SHE WAS LEGAL AGE!!!!!!

Posted by: Matt "Eddie Munster" Gaetz at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (7Q7Ca)

146 At UPI: "'Renegade emu' rounded up by animal control in Virginia"

Slasher serial-killer cassowary remains at large. Shelter in place.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (N8ZBc)

147 I'm not saying the No Kings marchers skewedd older, but...

***********

The Doobie Grandfathers - a limerick

At a geriatric protest led by Chip
Most of them could not complete the trip
To emphasize my point
I said, "Pass along that joint!"
And one of them threw out a hip!

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (qgHp7)

148 CNN: Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she’d be replaced as attorney general, sources say

https://tinyurl.com/28bewmdy



Anonymous Sources. Uh huh.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (7Q7Ca)
_________

Well, it's been a while since there were planted "BONDI IS ON THIN ICE" anonymous stories ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

149 Best to leave her where she is...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (YJFbC)


No, no... the fact that the DOJ was the most corrupted federal agency is irrelevant. The fact that the DOJ has to interact most closely with the corrupt judiciary is irrelevant. The fact that a good number of Assistant US Attorneys haven't been confirmed by the Senate is irrelevant.

Bondi is the sole problem. She, and she alone, is the only reason that anything bad happens in the world. Whoever replaces her will be super-duper awesome and have none of those issues. They be able to ignore the law like Garland did and the judges will be unable to stand before their power.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:54 AM (ExV1e)

150 I read yesterday it might be Lee Zelden as her replacement.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 11:55 AM (abIsI)

151
I read that as "renegade emir"

Another one?!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:55 AM (xG4kz)

152 For something that won't make the news, the US Treasury has removed Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez from the Specially Designated Nationals list, meaning she has much more flexibility for her personally and for Venezuela to use US banks and banking systems.
President Rodriguez has stated that this is hopefully a step for removing US sanctions on Venezuela.
Venezuela has been playing ball with the US, though there is criticism that she has not been releasing all the claimed political prisoners.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

153 Keep in mind that most Americans who call themselves conservative are really progressives who wish the train stopped a few stations ago.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 11:48 AM (AlhUl)

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Disagree.

It's very simple for me:

Conservatives are Americans who love America (and "Progressives" hate America as a projection of self-hatred).

The vast majority of Americans love America and are heritage conservatives.

The only reason the country APPEARS to be half-communist is at least six decades of election theft, capture of the institutions (primarily academia and media), and the mass importation of likely 50 million illegal aliens and their anchor babies.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 11:55 AM (seACy)

154 We want a Bondi scalp? Really? That’s how some roll I guess. My bet is that it will not help matters one iota.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

155 I don’t know… I think Pam Bondi has done a decent job. I grade on a curve…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (UvXT3)

156 156 We want a Bondi scalp? Really? That’s how some roll I guess. My bet is that it will not help matters one iota.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

It will make it worse in my opinion

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (YJFbC)

157
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (y9nCu)

158 Even the highest ranking members in USSR and Red China had to be very careful not to deviate from dogma even a little, or else they'd risk being executed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Unless you are the lead sled dog the view is the same.

S9me people really like the view.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (Li9FJ)

159 >>Ed Martin please.

>>PS: I told you Bondi was no good.

The Senate wouldn't even confirm Ed Martin for the DC US Attorney. What makes you think they would approve him as AG?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (viF8m)

160 THIS IS INSANE! The fraud is everywhere. Bring on the prosecutions!

Once again, it's not up to her.

Prosecutions require a grand jury to indict. A grand jury who will be presented the case by a lawyer who was hand picked by the federal judges in NJ since the Senate cannot be bothered to confirm Trump's nominee.

Seriously, you'd be more angry AND have that anger more appropriately focused if you'd just stop following the crowd who think Bondi is the problem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:58 AM (ExV1e)

161 I read yesterday it might be Lee Zelden as her replacement.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 11:55 AM (abIsI)



Just seems to me that the media is once again flexing it's muscles and dictating to us who our team should be represented by.

They've been doing it for generations. They have to remind everyone just how much power they still wield.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:58 AM (7Q7Ca)

162 Venezuela has been playing ball with the US, though there is criticism that she has not been releasing all the claimed political prisoners."

This.

It's a major freaking policy win, but must not be mentioned.

Or something.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:59 AM (XuXeR)

163 158 156 We want a Bondi scalp? Really? That’s how some roll I guess. My bet is that it will not help matters one iota.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

It will make it worse in my opinion
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (YJFbC)

Maybe, maybe not. But the word “ better” figures into my thinking on the matter. I try to align what I want with what is possible. Sometimes they do not align and I just fume to no effect.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

164 $3.29 gas in Houston.

Your condition may vary.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 11:59 AM (XuXeR)

165 Posted by: It was always this way at April 02, 2026 11:58 AM (A+/01)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 02, 2026 12:00 PM (7Q7Ca)

166 We want a Bondi scalp? Really? That’s how some roll I guess. My bet is that it will not help matters one iota.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)


There is a coterie who've been vocal about hating Bondi since she was nominated. Absolutely nothing will shake their conviction that she, and she alone, is the sole obstacle to restoring the rule of law in America.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:00 PM (ExV1e)

167 Years ago, I remember attending a program in the Princeton area dealing with Greater Good & some route to happiness.

Very simplistic in nature; leave your _ whatever, whomever to seek inner peace & follow the values of Greater Good. 😬 (Primarily audiences of well educated, well-heeled gov. employees & educators voting quite liberal to keep the lessers from their paths. They continue.)

"For the greater good." Unitarism. Often No Kings Day creators and followers.

The concept primarily originates from 18th and 19th-century utilitarian philosophy, notably developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) and John Stuart Mill, who aimed to maximize happiness for the greatest number of people. It has roots in earlier political thought, including Plato’s ideal state and Aquinas’s "common good," often used to justify acting for the benefit of society.

Take a gander at those ^ two in detail.

Unitarism & socialism intersect mainly through historical movements aiming for social harmony and worker welfare.

(Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946), an ally of Teddy Roosevelt, influenced by the concept of greater good, was the first Chief of the US Forest Service & two time PA Governor.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

168 Seems some asshole forgot America has been the world's police for a century or two.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 12:01 PM (7Q7Ca)

169 The Senate wouldn't even confirm Ed Martin for the DC US Attorney. What makes you think they would approve him as AG?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2026 11:57 AM (viF8m)


Their thinking never gets beyond "me no like Blondi".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:01 PM (ExV1e)

170 Everyone will clap and cheer. Then we'll go months without an AG and they'll whine. Then the Senate will only confirm someone at best no better and they'll whine more.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)


Best to leave her where she is...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 11:51 AM (YJFbC)


Yeah, if the Reps won't pass SAVE, which is 100% to their political and personal benefit.

Then they're useless.

And all we'll get is a "paintbrush taped to a floppy dick" AG.

I don't hate Bondi as AG. Though she could be more aggressive.

Hopefully, these talks are Trump motivating her to go more hammer and tongs after the criminal Dims.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (iJfKG)

171 There is a coterie who've been vocal about hating Bondi since she was nominated."

We're blessed with a number of "it's never gonna be guud" types.

And by "blessed" I mean "stuck with"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (XuXeR)

172 HNO3 > Ineffective Fuming.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (N8ZBc)

173 The Iran war must be a loser for the Democraps if they're back to planting stories about how Trump wants to fire Person X in his cabinet

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)

174 Once Pammy is gone maybe we can get some indictments of the fraudsters DOGE discovered. Maybe.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (abIsI)

175 [snip]

THIS IS INSANE! The fraud is everywhere. Bring on the prosecutions!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (Dv3i1)

-------------

In before the "nothing will happen" crowd ... and nothing will happen.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (seACy)

176 I think, and I appreciate I am probably wrong, that we are at the end of this silliness that CBD has described.

Who are the shock troops? Old blue haired ladies and a few of their emasculated men. They are manipulated by young aggressive types looking to manipulate people for power and profit. If you think Mamdani loves communism for its wonderful attributes, think again.

But the blue hairs are dying off. The succeeding generations are more pragmatic and less interested in changing the world as opposed to trying to live their own lives - accept for college educated single women - who are working their ways toward total uselessness - and for whom society increasingly is trying to find a way to lock them in a closet somewhere.

Still danger out there. But I think they are in a tight spot.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)

177 👍 CBD. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 12:03 PM (NFX2v)

178 Seems some asshole forgot America has been the world's police for a century or two."

And forgot that the Executive Branch has direct influence on... Foreign Affairs.

Ah well. Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:03 PM (XuXeR)

179 Except - not accept. Ugh!

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)

180 Once Pammy is gone maybe we can get some indictments of the fraudsters DOGE discovered. Maybe.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM (abIsI)


Because she's the problem. Sure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (ExV1e)

181 HNO3 > Ineffective Fuming."

Heh.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (XuXeR)

182 CNN says.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (+nEug)

183 Seriously, you'd be more angry AND have that anger more appropriately focused if you'd just stop following the crowd who think Bondi is the problem.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 11:58 AM (ExV1e)

That line was from Daugherty's X post. I'm more agnostic on whether replacing her would result in net gain in prosecution of Theft in Office while Democrat.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (Dv3i1)

184 183 Except - not accept. Ugh!
Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)

Affect - effect. Stuff gets tricky sometimes, like who and whom.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (pDt9x)

185 gruntgrookgrib

Posted by: Definitely Not A Drone at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (JxoRI)

186
I can be Attorney General as well.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (IifOV)

187 There is a coterie who've been vocal about hating Bondi since she was nominated. Absolutely nothing will shake their conviction that she, and she alone, is the sole obstacle to restoring the rule of law in America.

Methinks they want to date her.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

188
The Conservative Alternative
@OldeWorldOrder

🚨 DOGE ALERT: FBI raids have OFFICIALLY begun in California, following Nick Shirley's investigation into the hospice fraud

Arrests are FINALLY being made! 👀

This is the first official action of the Anti-Fraud Task Force, led by JD Vance—LET'S GO!!!

[video]

https://is.gd/xA6jBG

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (mVgOH)

189
the septuagenarian hipsters with gray ponytails reliving their counter-culture youth




And every one of them will puff out their chest and tell you that they were at Woodstock, and that they also got splashed with blood from the Hells Angels stabbing at Altamont.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 12:06 PM (y9nCu)

190 Methinks they want to date her.
Posted by: Archimedes


She has bunions the size of Mauna Loa.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:06 PM (abIsI)

191 DOGE ALERT: FBI raids have OFFICIALLY begun in California, following Nick Shirley's investigation into the hospice fraud

NO STOP! NOTHING MUST HAPPEN

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)

192 HNO3 > Ineffective Fuming.
Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 12:02 PM


*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 12:06 PM (Wnv9h)

193 And every one of them will puff out their chest and tell you that they were at Woodstock, and that they also got splashed with blood from the Hells Angels stabbing at Altamont."

My favorite is when they claim to have watched the Kennedy assasination on TV....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XuXeR)

194 NO STOP! NOTHING MUST HAPPEN"

*golf clap*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XuXeR)

195 I'm not a fan of Bondi. I think she's timid. But I also acknowledge that her likely replacement would be worse, only because our GOP is a worthless corrupt pile of dogshit.

If that wasn't the case I think there are far better alternatives available.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM (AkEZC)

196 Methinks they want to date her.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

I thought we all wanted to date AOC

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM (UvXT3)

197 Methinks they want to date her.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)


I think one of them just hates blonde women because Jeannie wouldn't blow him.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:09 PM (ExV1e)

198 Why is Mike Gallagher having Chip Roy on his show??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:09 PM (UvXT3)

199 There was a clip of VP Vance saying that he was surprised to find that the government really didn't start prosecuting until the fraud got to $1.5 million, and he thought they should start prosecuting at least at $1.4 million.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:09 PM (rbvCR)

200 President Trump Now Reportedly Considering Firing DNI Tulsi Gabbard in Addition to Pam Bondi

It's time to settle all family business.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 02, 2026 12:09 PM (abIsI)

201 195 DOGE ALERT: FBI raids have OFFICIALLY begun in California, following Nick Shirley's investigation into the hospice fraud

NO STOP! NOTHING MUST HAPPEN
Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)


And it's so nice of Lucy to hold that football for us to kick.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)

202
I thought we all wanted to date AOC
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM (UvXT3)



You misspelled "have a one night stand with AOC so that we can wipe our dicks on her bedroom drapes"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2026 12:10 PM (y9nCu)

203 $5 gas so Israelis can sit on the beach.

Wining!!
Posted by: It was always this way at April 02,

The Jews beat your team again. Deal with it.

It was always this way, and will always be this way.

Stop wining like an NFL fan about the Patriots, and take your medicine.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM (BI5O2)

204 170 We want a Bondi scalp? Really? That’s how some roll I guess. My bet is that it will not help matters one iota.
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

There is a coterie who've been vocal about hating Bondi since she was nominated. Absolutely nothing will shake their conviction that she, and she alone, is the sole obstacle to restoring the rule of law in America.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:00 PM (ExV1e)

It goes back to a portion of our side distrusting and hating any high level female in a position. Some of it is truly that simple.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM (tOcjL)

205 Them: no kings
Me: no gulags

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM (gWBY1)

206 I thought we all wanted to date AOC
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM

Don't put your dick in crazy.

Or at least sneak out before they wake up.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM (IifOV)

207 Hell fire them all and let the Dems and squishes approve their choices. The rules dictate that the enemy has the whip hand in our current situation.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM (pDt9x)

208 We have a particularly nasty troll I see...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 12:12 PM (FtULh)

209 It's not because I'm some kind of conservative drone that will just approve of everything the President does!
Posted by: Definitely Not A Drone

Well then. As of early 2026, over 230,000 to 270,000 Ukrainians are in the United States under a form of temporary legal protection known as humanitarian parole. Since Trump has also been generous and has allowed the program to continue, I say let's shutdown. Especially considering that Uniting for Ukrainian allows federal benefits like SNAP and Medicaid.

And then, hopefully pursue Ukraine for all of its corruption and p*ssing through our $ and weapons.

Happy now at the President's performance?

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v)

210 As I mentioned, VA and the enormous outside donated funds are making a play for every female vote for the redistricting. What better way to AGAIN seal a VA election than to put out rumors that Trumps is ditching or mad at EVERY female on his staff...

So, that's the play now with the VA election at 19 days to go and huge new early voting spots opening Saturday.

VA's 4 seats are a Dems dream...so they will do ANYTHING to get them...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (tOcjL)

211 @WallStreetApes
Couple lives in a home that looks like a castle in California discovered to have 21 children, 17 children under the age of 3.
The couple is Chinese and 6 kids had been placed into other homes by the couple.
Clearly running a child trafficking operation
End Birthright Citizenship

I suspect the Chinese nanny abused one of the kids so bad it was finally noticed by outsiders, and the police got involved. And then the can of worms started opening about the surrogacy sham the three of them are running.

Posted by: LizLem at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (gWBY1)

212 Stop wining like an NFL fan about the Patriots, and take your medicine.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 12:11 PM


Cut the troll some slack...its balls are deflated.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (Wnv9h)

213 Nood. Ace is here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

214 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 12:13 PM (NcvvS)

215
Nood. Trump v T. Qatarlson

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:14 PM (xG4kz)

216 For an America First President Trump sure loves to meddle in foreign affairs a lot.

Winning!!
Posted by: It was always this way
-----

The implication is that engaging foreign affairs is de facto contrary to America's interests. I would like an example of where that is the case.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2026 12:14 PM (XeU6L)

217 27 More important, they are an army and this weekend was a military exercise.

It was a training and a rehearsal. It was a show of force. And it was a recruiting program. Their intention is very clear.
Posted by: bob
======
Then it sucks at what it is doing. No Kings were predominately old Boomers and dissident Xers, not young people.

Posted by: whig at April 02, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

218 Peruse what the duties of the US Attorney General are. It is the job of everyone under the AG to bring the cases to be tried.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2026 12:16 PM (+nEug)

219 I see our blackpill doomtroll is back trying to create yet another screaming multi-week fight.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 02, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

220 We have a particularly nasty troll I see..."

Nah. Just stupid.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 12:19 PM (XuXeR)

221 I'm not a fan of Bondi. I think she's timid. But I also acknowledge that her likely replacement would be worse, only because our GOP is a worthless corrupt pile of dogshit.

If that wasn't the case I think there are far better alternatives available.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM (AkEZC)
==
I think she was there to root out the moles. Because Trump trusted her. The next AG will be involved in a more outward reach.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 02, 2026 12:20 PM (GZYu7)

222 I'm not saying the No Kings marchers skewedd older, but...

**********

Let's Not be Hasty - a limerick

The protest leader really loved her sound
"We really need ti try to cover ground!"
Then some old geezer asked her
Don't you think we could go faster
If we all jumped on our Hoveround™?

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 12:21 PM (qgHp7)

223 The "No Kings" people, inasmuch as they are individual demonstrators, would be perfectly happy to have a King as long as his official title was Commissar.

Posted by: Speller at April 02, 2026 12:31 PM (pSotA)

224 Gateway Pundit sez Fox sez Bondi out.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 12:54 PM (N8ZBc)

225 "Luckily we have the truth and 2,500 years of evidence on our side."
----
Also, we're much better armed.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:00 PM (DAQKj)

226 It's no coincidence that the attendance at these events fell off drastically as soon as Trump cut off USAID and other funding.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
-----
And the same would happen if we cut funding to "NGOs". See the previous post about Catholic Charities being run by some guy named Mohamed. They receive a large portion of their budget from.HHS, etc grants.
Trying to.segregate out " good" grants from "bad" grants is a fools errand. The people using this tactic have burrowed in, like ticks, to the orgs getting these grants.
Kill the whole apparatus. No "grants" for anything.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:10 PM (DAQKj)

227 I walked through our local group of bussed-in, paid activists and asked questions and all I got was "F Trump". I live 40 miles from the Twin Shitties here in MN. It is a small community and I did not recognize anyone there and overheard "We came up from Burnsville..."

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 02, 2026 01:47 PM (iXm17)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Caravaggio Taking Christ1.jpg

The Taking of Christ
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

This is a repeat, but Caravaggio is a titan of the Baroque world, and nobody does it better!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

2 Approximate for the season.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (BHrzb)

3 "Appropriate"

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (BHrzb)

4 Caravaggio is a titan of the Baroque world, and nobody does it better!

Based on the evidence, I rate this as plausible.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

5 Jesus is doing "Here's the church and here's the steeple" all wrong.

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

6 The Roman soldiers were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 02, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 CBD, going for baroque just for us!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

8 No bewbs.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (n17eQ)

9 Why are they wearing enameled Plate?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (52ERr)

10 Well, if it's not Baroque...

Posted by: Don't fix it at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

11 The chiaroscuro fits the subject well in this case.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (ouENh)

12 The Roman soldiers were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at April 02, 2026 09:32 AM


They certainly weren't gladius.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

13 Jesus = 5 year old me
Judas = my 85 year old great grandma trying to give me a kiss goodbye as the family leaves Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 02, 2026 09:34 AM (ycI94)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

15 No Lorica Hamata or Lorica Segmentata?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:34 AM (52ERr)

16 Photogenic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

17 Ow!!!
My ear!!!

Posted by: Malchus at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

18 ------
Here I sit, Baroquen hearted
Paid my nickel, but only farted

Posted by: Integrity's Astronaut at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM (AkEZC)

19 Judas was a traitor, but he was fulfilling Jesus' destiny. What a conundrum.

Posted by: huerfano at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)

20 Roman soldiers wearing medieval armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM (52ERr)

21 The Roman soldiers were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at April 02, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

I don't think those are Romans.

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

22 Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins has agreed to a free-agent deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, his agent announced on Thursday. Well that does it. No moar Kirk Cousins news.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (n17eQ)

23 Almost too dark to see any detail for me.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (0nHVk)

24 Someone's 'bout to lose an ear! Have at you!

Posted by: Peter at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

25 Who let the mime on the left in there?

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

26 Why are they wearing enameled Plate?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:33 AM (52ERr)


If you're going to arrest the Son of God, you don't just wear a skirt. Have some cooth. -- totally 'Roman' soldier

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

27 15 No Lorica Hamata or Lorica Segmentata?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Japanese Romans didn't make swords armor like that till the Middle Ages. If I could verify the existence of such a weapon harness, it'd be like finding a 747 made a thousand years before the Wright brothers flew.

Posted by: Highlander at April 02, 2026 09:38 AM (ycI94)

28 Who let the mime on the left in there?
Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

The mimes, they will be with you always.

Posted by: The Third Corinthian at April 02, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

29 Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins has agreed to a free-agent deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, his agent announced on Thursday. Well that does it. No moar Kirk Cousins news.
Posted by: pudinhead

So seeing that he's guilting of XX felonies soon and getting jail tat's in his future?

Posted by: Scott_T at April 02, 2026 09:38 AM (2waQ7)

30 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

31 It seems you rarely see Lorica Segmentata in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 02, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

32 From what I can see, this is fantastic. Could someone turn on a light, or is that broken along with the fan?

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 09:39 AM (ScG/9)

33 Christ appears to be cracking his knuckles as if to say, "Okay, let's get this over with."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

34 Fantastic work of art

I am not a Roman history person but think the armor is wrong.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 09:40 AM (DyV0j)

35 The chiaroscuro fits the subject well in this case.

Hey, fashion talk is restricted to Piper's ONT contribution!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

36 Verisimilitude wasn't much of a thing for artists until Orientalism. So here AD 1571-1611 this painter has enlisted guards from Milan or Florence and teleported them into 31 Judaea.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 09:40 AM (gKWVE)

37 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

38 It seems you rarely see Lorica Segmentata in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover


It's really better for the second line of a haiku.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

39 What's really dumb is that Rome was full of old Roman reliefs and statues, many of them on display in the Vatican, to commissioned Catholic artists anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 09:41 AM (gKWVE)

40 On the book thread, some Moron recommended the Nic Costa Mystery Series by David Hewson so I bought the first, A Season For the Dead. The main character is an art freak and is introduced by him explaining Caravaggio.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:42 AM (ndZc7)

41 No fecal.

Not art.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at April 02, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

42 Here I sit, Baroquen hearted
Paid my nickel, but only farted

Posted by: Integrity's Astronaut at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM


You should. I hear it makes you feel better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 09:42 AM (kgE5c)

43 Today was the last supper before the toilets malfunctioned.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:42 AM (UqSya)

44 Appropriate for tomorrow.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 09:42 AM (qFwJc)

45
41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

/Luke 22: 41-42

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (qgHp7)

46 37 would not hang
Posted by: Gref


That's our job, matey!

Posted by: Lucius Rodericus Biggusdickus at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (gKWVE)

47 You want Lorica Segmentata.
You'll settle for chiaroscuro.
You'll get Nantucket.

Posted by: And like it! at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

48 "The Roman soldiers were angry that day, my friends."

They were Temple guards, not Roman soldiers.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (qFwJc)

49 Commenting on Kirk Cousins in the Art Thread and not starting and ending with "YOU LIKE THAT?!?" is not permitted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Caravaggio has done a masterful job with the expressions on each character's face. Christ is the only one with any depth of feeling...the others are simply bit players in this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 09:44 AM (n9ltV)

51 Judas was a traitor, but he was fulfilling Jesus' destiny. What a conundrum.
Posted by: huerfano at April 02, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)
----
Pretty much everyone involved in the condemnation, conviction, and crucifixion of Jesus was also fulfilling His destiny, even though they had NO CLUE what was going to come into the world as a result of it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 09:45 AM (ESVrU)

52 "...the others are simply bit players in this."

Mongo but pawn in game of life.

Posted by: Melvin Brooks at April 02, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

53 Writing graffiti on Roman bathroom walls was kind of dicey given the no-stalls thing.

"Hey, Lucius, I SAW you writing "For a good time call Marcus' wife VII-I-VI-IX-II-IV-III!"

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:47 AM (gtcuf)

54 They were Temple guards, not Roman soldiers.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 09:43 AM (qFwJc)
---
Both Romans and Temple guards were there. Hundreds of them. They didn't want to take a chance that Jesus might slip away, like he's done before.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 09:47 AM (ESVrU)

55 >>even though they had NO CLUE what was going to come into the world as a result of it.

------

What is truth?

Posted by: Pilate at April 02, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Beautifully done and heart moving.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 09:48 AM (DgMqy)

57 Tremendous faces.
This guy is good.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 02, 2026 09:49 AM (sl73Y)

58 VIII VI VII V III 0 IX.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:49 AM (52ERr)

59 VIII-VI-VII-V-III- - IX

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 09:49 AM (pDt9x)

60 35 The chiaroscuro fits the subject well in this case.

I don't see how a meat and cheese platter has anything to with the composition.

Posted by: Light appetizers followed by arrest at April 02, 2026 09:49 AM (TbWk/)

61 I always assumed the Romans would have been a bit more "vibrant" than this. They're dark.

Probably the point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 09:50 AM (AkEZC)

62 Thanks, CBD for posting this on Holy Thursday.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

63 The chiaroscuro is against the wall.

Posted by: John has a long mustache at April 02, 2026 09:50 AM (gtcuf)

64 >>> Roman soldiers wearing medieval armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss

>Pretty splendorous armor for a bunch of savages. Maybe a leather vest or tunic. But it's a nice piece.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (UqSya)

65 Big Day way back then:

Jesus and his twelve apostles shared (the Last Supper)
Jesus washed the feet of his disciples
He instituted the Eucharist
He predicted that Judas would betray him.
Judas left the meal to arrange the betrayal
Jesus gave his Farewell Discourse (John 13–17), including the new commandment to love one another.
After the meal, they sang a hymn and went to the Mount of Olives
In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed intensely (“Let this cup pass from me”, while the apostles slept. He was then arrested by soldiers led by Judas.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)

66 58 VIII VI VII V III 0 IX.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:49 AM (52ERr)

59 VIII-VI-VII-V-III- - IX
Posted by: tubal

That’s uncanny

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (36bTp)

67 I consider Caravaggio and El Greco to be kindred spirits even though two men couldn't be further apart in terms of lifestyle and temperament. Their artistic styles are so distinctively theirs, so individual, you could tell it they were the creator of a painting even if you only saw a three-inch by three-inch strip of it.

Posted by: troyriser at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (DPeYO)

68 Not sure about this. In pretty much every church Easter program the soldier's helmets have red toilet brush bristles on top of them.

Posted by: Theatre Prop Manager at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

69 VIII-VI-VII-V-III- - IX"

Oh no....

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)

70 Hive Mind is real, and it's spectacular.

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:52 AM (gtcuf)

71 Everyone knows Imperial Roman Tempestas Legionarius wore Lorica Fullplatica.

Posted by: Reddit Mod at April 02, 2026 09:52 AM (uLd62)

72 Imagine being the model for the guy on the right. "Hey Mike, my arms are getting pretty tired here!"

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 02, 2026 09:52 AM (0bjKf)

73 Thanks, CBD for posting this on Holy Thursday.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:50 AM (NpAcC)


Renaissance and Baroque religious art is one of the glories of Western culture!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

74 *VIII-VI-VII-V-III- - IX*


Jenny, don't change your number.

Posted by: Tommy Tutone at April 02, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

75 A spectacular painting. Thank you CBD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 09:54 AM (cNcGv)

76 They didn’t have armor like that at the time of Christ I’m pretty sure. Why not paint them holding revolvers or tasers….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 09:54 AM (WnEm5)

77 How many takes to get this shot?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:54 AM (52ERr)

78 15th century armor as has been pointed out.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 09:55 AM (pDt9x)

79 They didn’t have armor like that at the time of Christ I’m pretty sure. Why not paint them holding revolvers or tasers….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 09:54 AM (WnEm5)


I'll shoot an email to Caravaggio, making sure he understands his error.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)

80 Do I get the $1/lbs spiral sliced ham or the $15/lbs Ribeyes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:56 AM (52ERr)

81 I thought, oh cool a fight scene! Then it's like oh shit it says The Taking Of Jesus........that wasn't good.

Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 09:56 AM (IlL6s)

82 Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 09:57 AM (zG4BR)

83
Masterful painting of Christ's nighttime arrest.

Notice how Judas is "haloed" by the dark. His mouth which delivered his traitor's kiss is subsumed by it.

And even when surrounded by darkness and betrayal Christ's face is the most brightly lit.

Great stuff.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

84 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (UqSya)

85 By the way, the figure all the way on the right is supposed to be Caravaggio himself.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 09:59 AM (n9ltV)

86 Then it's like oh shit it says The Taking Of Jesus........that wasn't good.
Posted by: JROD at April 02, 2026 09:56 AM (IlL6s)


they're coming to take Jew away

Posted by: Pilatus XVI at April 02, 2026 09:59 AM (gKWVE)

87 Spiral sliced ham.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:59 AM (52ERr)

88 Medieval armor.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 02, 2026 09:59 AM (cWLG3)

89 I’d assume there are paintings out there depicting Peter lopping an ear? I always liked that part of the story for some reason

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 10:00 AM (PVeJz)

90 Caravaggio is a master in the use of light in all of his paintings. The points of light here showing the faces and hands of Christ, Judas and the others bring out their varied reactions. The outrage and panic of the disciples and the fixed, deliberate expression of Judas knowing he is betraying Christ and still doing it. But the look on Christ's face and his intertwined hands is the focus: the pain of the betrayal and acceptance of his destiny. It is a supremely human moment. The soldiers' faces are not distinct even though there is detail. They are human tools, not people. The power of the painting reveals itself as the viewer continues to look even though the moment is known. And all this was Caravaggio's realism.

The painting would lead to complete despair if not for the knowledge of the resurrection to come.

Posted by: JTB at April 02, 2026 10:00 AM (yTvNw)

91 In Season 4, Episode 5 of The Chosen there is an interesting depiction of Jesus and his disciples carrying the armor of Roman soldiers.

https://tinyurl.com/mu9vaa3

Posted by: Come and See at April 02, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

92 I'll shoot an email to Caravaggio, making sure he understands his error.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)

Heh… I’m a philistine, I know

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 10:01 AM (z4vy8)

93 I’d assume there are paintings out there depicting Peter lopping an ear? I always liked that part of the story for some reason

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 10:00 AM (PVeJz)

The very, very last instruction Jesus gave was to buy a sword. That shouldn't be lost on us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 10:01 AM (FmapG)

94 So what do Philistines call crude people?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 10:02 AM (52ERr)

95 For all the power of Caravaggio's talent, technique nd subject matter, his still life paintings are a delight. As good as any ever produced. Certainly worth a look and study.

Posted by: JTB at April 02, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

96 So what do Philistines call crude people?
Posted by: Boss Moss

No Kings protesters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

97 The soldiers are wearing 17th C. curassier armor, called "ammunition plate" in England because it was theoretically (hopefully) bulletproof.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (D++1Y)

98 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (UqSya)


Well, yes...

Wine

Bread

Fish

A Bloomin' Onion

and

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

99 "buy a sword"

What would Jesus buy ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at April 02, 2026 10:04 AM (tA1/w)

100 It's the numerous Commentators pointing out the anachronistic armor who supply the smart military in Smart Military Blog.

Well done Bravo Zulu!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 10:04 AM (0sNs1)

101 CHOCOLATE WASN'T AVAILABLE TO FIRST CENTURY ROMANS NATURALFAKE

Posted by: some sperg at April 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gKWVE)

102 CHOCOLATE WASN'T AVAILABLE TO FIRST CENTURY ROMANS NATURALFAKE
Posted by: some sperg at April 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gKWVE)
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If they'd had it, they would have used it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 02, 2026 10:05 AM (D++1Y)

103 ... and nobody does it better!

-----------

Except maybe my childhood idol & hero ...

* cues Walter Payton highlights to Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" and sheds tear *

youtube.com/watch?v=m42QZ6FlRBo

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:06 AM (seACy)

104 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (UqSya)

Well, yes...

Wine

Bread

Fish

A Bloomin' Onion

and

Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

Andes mints for after supper?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 10:06 AM (wVcYX)

105 Speaking of art, here's Jim Acosta on the throne.

https://is.gd/8aSXpW

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

106 CHOCOLATE WASN'T AVAILABLE TO FIRST CENTURY ROMANS NATURALFAKE
Posted by: some sperg at April 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gKWVE)


It's an unrecorded miracle, Christ turned the Carob Chip Cookies into Chocolate.

Sheeesh. Do I have to exp[lain everything.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

107 DispatchesFromTurtleIsland blogspot.com has a roundup of April Fool papers submitted to the arxiv. here's one

A Lower Bound on the Number of Fundamental Constants
William Luke Matthewson
Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, Submitted for 1st April
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
We describe here, for the first time, a lower bound on the total number of fundamental constants required for a mathematical description of our physical universe to be complete. The answer is shown to be one. The formal arithmetized meta-mathematical proof of this is left to the reader.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 10:07 AM (gKWVE)

108 >>>What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (UqSya)

Well, yes...

Wine

Bread

Fish

A Bloomin' Onion

and

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Posted by: naturalfake

>And naturally, hard-boiled chicken eggs, gathered from the temple shrubbery.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 10:07 AM (UqSya)

109 So what do Philistines call crude people?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 10:02 AM


Well, since the Israelites were their greatest enemy, chances are they had one or more perjorative names for them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

110 Sheeesh. Do I have to exp[lain everything.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

Back off, bub!

Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBURGER at April 02, 2026 10:08 AM (FmapG)

111 Damn smart ass Japanese.

https://is.gd/50enWw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

112 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I wonder if the restaurant added in the tip to the total as it was a large group and they had to push some tables together.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (cYBz/)

113 Did the Temple Guards read Jesus his Miranda rights?

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (Oy/m2)

114 There was a funny Fr. Guido Sarducci bit on Saturday Night Live years ago where he'd bought the bill for the Last Brunch. The lesson was if youre splitting the bill equally, don't order only orange juice.

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (zG4BR)

115 Back off, bub!
Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBURGER at April 02, 2026 10:08 AM


A.I. GENERATED. THE REAL BEN ROETHILSBERGER WOULD HAVE SAID "BACK OFF, BUB!"

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (0sNs1)

116 Who could've seen this coming?

“Shock and Anxiety” Grip European Allies as Trump Floats NATO Exit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

117 His version of the last supper would have Door Dash.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 10:10 AM (52ERr)

118 Great painting. Here's a version with the colors/brightness boosted for Modern Audiences with LCD displays (which can't render shadow detail).

https://tinyurl.com/38rvarpp

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)

119 Welp...

It's Holy Thursday so,

My Lenten Internet Fast is over.

Did I miss anything interesting? Any spectacular flounces? Did Ace's shelving collapse again and kill thousands.

Did my place as the HQ primary purveyor of obscure facts, insane theories, childish poop jokes, and third-rate limericks get taken over?

Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?

IOW, wauusup, morons?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

120 Here's a version with the colors/brightness boosted for Modern Audiences with LCD displays (which can't render shadow detail)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)


That's f*cking awful!

I'll take the original by a mile.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

121 Justice Jackson Proves You Don’t Need to Understand the Law to Be a Supreme Court Justice

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You don't say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

122 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

I agree completely.

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 10:13 AM (Oy/m2)

123 49 Commenting on Kirk Cousins in the Art Thread and not starting and ending with "YOU LIKE THAT?!?" is not permitted.
------------------
You Like That?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 10:13 AM (n17eQ)

124 Did I miss anything interesting? Any spectacular flounces? Did Ace's shelving collapse again and kill thousands.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)


Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled In Bond.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 10:13 AM (n9ltV)

125 KILROYNIUS HIC ERAT

Posted by: GAIUS KILROYNIUS at April 02, 2026 10:13 AM (0sNs1)

126 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

They definitely didn't drink as much as the founders did at Washington's going away party.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdamerung at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (FmapG)

127 Damn smart ass Japanese.

https://is.gd/50enWw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)


That response to the nuclear weapons tweet was hilarious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

128 What was on the menu for the last supper? Has this been documented? Certainly there was wine and bread and fish.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 09:58 AM (UqSya)

Well, yes...

Wine

Bread

Fish

A Bloomin' Onion

and

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

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And the "I Can't Believe It's Not Utter!" brand of margarine at the time for the bread.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (seACy)

129 That's f*cking awful!

I'll take the original by a mile.


I suspect in real life it's not as washed out as the thread topper but not as garish as that one.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (2ocoG)

130 Lend me your rears!

Posted by: Poofter Caesar at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (oY1HT)

131 If it ain't baroque....

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (kNAyK)

132 Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?
Posted by: naturalfake

***********

Perhaps a bit unexpectedly, your popularity rose quite dramatically during your absence. Go figure.

😳

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)

133
Roman Robo Cops -- who knew?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)

134 Lend me your rears!

Posted by: Poofter Caesar at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (oY1HT)

I volunteer as tribute!

- P. Booty-juicybuns

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 10:17 AM (FmapG)

135 Did I miss anything interesting? Any spectacular flounces? Did Ace's shelving collapse again and kill thousands.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled In Bond.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 10:13 AM (n9ltV)


That sounds good.

And it's for sale hereabouts. I'll have to try it.

Good mixer or sippin' only?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:17 AM (iJfKG)

136 Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?

The "popular commenter" list is binary. There's Sponge, and there's everyone else.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

137 Did I miss anything interesting?

We're all going to die. The country is doomed. Trump is a big poopyhead... the usual.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e)

138 Good mixer or sippin' only?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:17 AM (iJfKG)


At $50, I sip. It went perfectly last night with the flourless chocolate cake. There is also a cask strength that I will be looking for...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2026 10:18 AM (n9ltV)

139 Disciples were Jewish so I figger they were all in the bathroom when the Supper check came 'round. Only a Scots crew could be worse welchers.

Posted by: Poofter Caesar at April 02, 2026 10:18 AM (oY1HT)

140 Damn smart ass Japanese.

https://is.gd/50enWw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

That response to the nuclear weapons tweet was hilarious.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

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And this, sadly true, observation:

"ironic that we're literally friendlier with Japan (pearl harbor + 2 nukes) than with Canada or England"

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:19 AM (seACy)

141 Was the Director of Chevrolet's Chevy II / Nova product line known as the Bossa Nova?

Posted by: Philosomoron at April 02, 2026 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

142 *Did I miss anything interesting?*

The wheels are closing in and the walls are coming off...

Posted by: But other than that... at April 02, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

143 "ironic that we're literally friendlier with Japan (pearl harbor + 2 nukes) than with Canada or England"

I don't think it's ironic, exactly. It's the geopolitical version of the meme where two guys get into a serious fight and then shake hands and have a beer once there's a winner.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2026 10:20 AM (2ocoG)

144 Disciples were Jewish so I figger they were all in the bathroom when the Supper check came 'round. Only a Scots crew could be worse welchers.

Posted by: Poofter Caesar at April 02, 2026 10:18 AM (oY1HT)

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Am I the only one who read that as "Welshers?"

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:21 AM (seACy)

145 >>>Disciples were Jewish so I figger they were all in the bathroom when the Supper check came 'round. Only a Scots crew could be worse welchers.

Posted by: Poofter Caesar

>Nothing a couple of wooden shekels wouldn't take care of.

Dine and dash.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 10:21 AM (UqSya)

146 Separate checks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (52ERr)

147 Didn't see it first time. Thanks.

Posted by: BjSmith at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (YXcUg)

148 Morons who leave for Lent would love to know all the gossiping about them that went on in their absence. Those tawdry stories about naturalfake had me rolling on the floor.

Posted by: Dishing Dirt By the Cubic Yard at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (oY1HT)

149 "Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?"

You reached 256 but then jaggonoff petey was banned again.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (cO6oP)

150
Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?
Posted by: naturalfake


Once you get past all the swells who duke it out for the Top Ten, it's all higgledy-piggledy for tge remainder of us.

So, you can claim the 257th spot. Or not. This isn't Oklahoma in 1889.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (xG4kz)

151 Am I the only one who read that as "Welshers?"
Posted by: ShainS

That's the origin and root of the term.

Posted by: Nuke The Gay Wales at April 02, 2026 10:24 AM (oY1HT)

152 Plate armor? C'mon dude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:25 AM (nWPIJ)

153 Did I miss anything interesting?
Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:12 AM


1) Ace purchased a rocking chair kit for his porch. He assembled it inside, and then found it too large to fit through the door. This necessitated a disassembly/reassembly project. The project status report states this is now complete.

2) Ace has begun a semi-circular book shelving project, to surround said rocking chair with conveniently located shelves. Further project status we know not.

3) That Guy who says "Nothing will happen." informed us that nothing will happen.

4) Penguins happy-footed and copiously crapped through the Café several times, more than offsetting the joy from the bat and yak appearances.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (0sNs1)

154 Looks more like a medieval mosh pit than a Roman arrest.

Posted by: Neo-Punk Punk at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (oY1HT)

155 Anachronism?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (52ERr)

156 "ironic that we're literally friendlier with Japan (pearl harbor + 2 nukes) than with Canada or England"
Posted by: ShainS

England and Canada have always been jealous of us. England threw out what they considered to be the dregs of the universe (us) and now, they look at what America has made of itself and are mightily pissed off.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (cYBz/)

157 *Those tawdry stories about naturalfake had me rolling on the floor.*

Especially the one about the Vegas stripper and the hamster!

Posted by: It was classic at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

158
Morons who leave for Lent would love to know all the gossiping about them that went on in their absence. Those tawdry stories about naturalfake had me rolling on the floor.
Posted by: Dishing Dirt By the Cubic Yard


It's not unlike folks who post a picture of themselves on social media, along with a comment of the type, "Don't I look cute today?"

Uh, sure. If you say so.


Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:27 AM (xG4kz)

159 Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?
Posted by: naturalfake

I read that as *25th* and figured it was reasonable.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:28 AM (lFFaq)

160 136 Have I been supplanted as the 257th most popular commenter here?


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Pffft. I just got a notice that the back seat of my car has been demoted to the 23,745th holiest site in islam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:28 AM (nWPIJ)

161 Some folks grace us with their presence. Some grace us with their absence.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 10:29 AM (qFwJc)

162 This painting, like Jesus, is JUST all right.

Posted by: Doobie Bros at April 02, 2026 10:29 AM (E6xSb)

163 Penguins spread joy and laughter through any thread they bless. Bats spread disease and death. Yaks provide milk and butter, so that's a plus.

Posted by: I Rate 'Em at April 02, 2026 10:29 AM (oY1HT)

164 So, you can claim the 257th spot. Or not. This isn't Oklahoma in 1889.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:


***********

I already claimed 257 last night. You should have gotten here sooner, Boomer!

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)

165 the back seat of my car has been demoted to the 23,745th holiest site in islam.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:28 AM


Better than the back seat of a Greyhound bus rollin' down Highway 41.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at April 02, 2026 10:30 AM (0sNs1)

166 Sadly, for many people even today, this picture depicts nothing more than a fraudster being captured by civil authorities for perpetrating a hoax.

They no more believe Jesus to be the only begotten Son of God than those of His day.

And while they may tacitly believe His punishment to have been a bit excessive, they place no further importance on the matter.

Posted by: Let the Scales Fall From Their Eyes at April 02, 2026 10:30 AM (AhqYf)

167 Neil Peart was ranked as near the top of the greatest rock drummers ever, and he was still taking drum lessons up until the end.

Do Supreme Court justices leave any room to grow as far as knowledge of the law? Do they still study and read up as a doctor would? Or are they just Judge Dredd at that point?

AmishDude would know.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2026 10:31 AM (qwx/I)

168
Especially the one about the Vegas stripper and the hamster!
Posted by: It was classic


That part where they were gamboling about in the Chocolate Fountain at WhattaBurger like the Go-Gos in their "Our Lips Are Sealed" video had me hurting from laughing so hard!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:31 AM (xG4kz)

169 Pffft. I just got a notice that the back seat of my car has been demoted to the 23,745th holiest site in islam.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:28 AM


So you're the one who knocked my Accord out of 23,745th place!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (kgE5c)

170 Yaks provide milk and butter, so that's a plus.

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Eskimos eat whale meat and yak. '

You'd yak too if you had to eat whale meat.

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

171 >>>England and Canada have always been jealous of us. England threw out what they considered to be the dregs of the universe (us) and now, they look at what America has made of itself and are mightily pissed off.

Posted by: Tonypete

>They can still feel good about themselves because isn't Australia still part of their realm? Those sheilas are incorrigible.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (UqSya)

172 If it ain't baroque....

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:14 AM (kNAyK)

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A candidate named "Baroque Insane Osama" would have won a third and fourth term as POTUS, never left The Swamp, and built the ugliest Presidential Outhouse and Bathhouse of all time.

Oh, wait ...

[ICYMI: Great video of the future Trump Presidential Library skyscraper in Miami @ trumplibrary.org ].

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (seACy)

173 * cues Walter Payton highlights to Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" and sheds tear *

youtube.com/watch?v=m42QZ6FlRBo
Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:06 AM (seACy)

Thanks for sharing that…. I loved Sweetness back in the day. It’s dusty in here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (xT8gx)

174 May we remind you that what happens in Las Vegas is supposed to stay in Las Vegas?

Posted by: Las Vegas at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (0sNs1)

175 Restaurant managers hate when you show up unannounced and say "Table for 13".

Posted by: Dirty Dick's Crab House at April 02, 2026 10:33 AM (oY1HT)

176 65 Big Day way back then:

Jesus and his twelve apostles shared (the Last Supper)
Jesus washed the feet of his disciples
He instituted the Eucharist
He predicted that Judas would betray him.
Judas left the meal to arrange the betrayal
Jesus gave his Farewell Discourse (John 13–17), including the new commandment to love one another.
After the meal, they sang a hymn and went to the Mount of Olives
In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed intensely (“Let this cup pass from me”, while the apostles slept. He was then arrested by soldiers led by Judas.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)

THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN WROUGHT FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER

Posted by: Lamb of God at April 02, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)

177 The Taking of Christ
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Excellent. Originally commissioned by the Roman nobleman Ciriaco Mattei in 1602, it is housed in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.

Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday) commemorates the final events of Jesus' life before his crucifixion, specifically including the Last Supper and his subsequent betrayal and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Thank you, CBD.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 02, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

178 "Neil Peart was ranked as near the top of the greatest rock drummers ever, and he was still taking drum lessons up until the end."

And he was likely the best rock lyricist ever.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 10:34 AM (DgMqy)

179 England and Canada have always been jealous of us. England threw out what they considered to be the dregs of the universe (us) and now, they look at what America has made of itself and are mightily pissed off.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 10:26 AM (cYBz/)

Truth is, the "special relationship" was always a bit of a farce. Created by Roosevelt, who died, and Churchill who *loved* the idea of an EU as competition to the US and also got voted out which left the US on the hook as solo "world policeman".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:34 AM (lFFaq)

180
Do Supreme Court justices leave any room to grow as far as knowledge of the law? Do they still study and read up as a doctor would? Or are they just Judge Dredd at that point?


The answer obviously is "no" for Justice Jumanji

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:34 AM (xG4kz)

181 Today’s’ England (the UK as a whole really) and Canada are totally different countries than what you have in your mind when you think do them . Those two countries ended about 25 years ago. The physical entity called Canada exists as does the physical entity called the UK but not the people inside the boundaries.

It’s like a house that was sold. The house still exists the same on the outside, still has the same address. But the new owners did a full remodel inside. Totally new home.

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 10:34 AM (TuZHl)

182 Verisimilitude wasn't much of a thing for artists until Orientalism. So here AD 1571-1611 this painter has enlisted guards from Milan or Florence and teleported them into 31 Judaea.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 09:40 AM (gKWVE)
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Or, Caravaggio transported Jesus and his disciples into contemporary Italy to make the point that Christ suffered for our/his sins, too.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2026 10:35 AM (rj6Yv)

183 And Judas got 30 pieces of silver, not standard coinage. Not standardized, say, bars or whatever of silver. Pieces. They probably weren’t very big either.

Just goes to show what happens when your integrity is up for sale…

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

184 My freezer needs defrosting really bad. How bad? It's so bad that I had a dream last night that the Titanic crashed into it.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)

185 This dude was a true artist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:36 AM (snZF9)

186 That part where they were gamboling about in the Chocolate Fountain at WhattaBurger like the Go-Gos in their "Our Lips Are Sealed" video had me hurting from laughing so hard!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:31 AM (xG4kz)

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I learned a new word today courtesy of Teh Horde -- "gamboling."

Your work here is done ... take the rest of the day off.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:37 AM (seACy)

187 At $75 an ounce, Judas haul would have been a nice little stipend. Not that he got to spend any at all.

Posted by: Potter's Field at April 02, 2026 10:37 AM (oY1HT)

188 People speculate that Judas was disillusioned with Jesus and it wasn't totally about 30 pieces of silver. The latter was the result of the former.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 10:37 AM (DgMqy)

189 Silver Dimes?

Posted by: H.Ross Perrot at April 02, 2026 10:37 AM (52ERr)

190 I learned a new word today courtesy of Teh Horde -- "gamboling."

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Get help if you or a loved one have a gamboling addiction.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:38 AM (nWPIJ)

191 Truth is, the "special relationship" was always a bit of a farce. Created by Roosevelt, who died, and Churchill who *loved* the idea of an EU as competition to the US and also got voted out which left the US on the hook as solo "world policeman".
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:34 AM (lFFaq)

It’s a pejorative by many here, but there are many that want to be “world policeman”. I’d rather it be us than the PRC, or anyone else, thanks.

Besides, that wasn’t really the case until the USSR fell apart and the world was left with one standing. But I don’t think even Sir Winston could quite envision that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (E6xSb)

192 May we remind you that what happens in Las Vegas is supposed to stay in Las Vegas?
Posted by: Las Vegas at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (0sNs1)

Lol, that ad campaign ended shortly after airing one showing a cougar marrying a non-English speaking young man at a quickie chapel and then telling him she had to leave for a meeting at home. I guess someone pointed out that marriage *doesn't* stay in Vegas.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (lFFaq)

193 You'd yak too if you had to eat whale meat.
Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)


Tastes like chicken. Fat, fishy, chicken.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (ExV1e)

194 This dude was a true artist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:36 AM (snZF9)

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I read that in French and as "true artiste," you philistine!

;-)

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (seACy)

195 188 People speculate that Judas was disillusioned with Jesus and it wasn't totally about 30 pieces of silver. The latter was the result of the former.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 10:37 AM (DgMqy)

So we have to use MICE for Judas?

(An acronym for the motivations to commit espionage - Money, Ideology, Conscience, Ego)

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 10:41 AM (E6xSb)

196 If it's a choice between gamboling and frolicking, I'll take the frolic every time. No brainer.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 10:41 AM (N8ZBc)

197 Tastes like chicken. Fat, fishy, chicken.

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I had a yak burger in Kathmandu once. It wasn't that memorable.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:41 AM (nWPIJ)

198 There will never be another fartiste like me!

Posted by: Le Petomaine at April 02, 2026 10:42 AM (0sNs1)

199 What about me?

Posted by: Rufus, the 13th Disciple at April 02, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

200 Plus Judas may have had Voices persuading him, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 10:42 AM (DgMqy)

201 Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (E6xSb)

I agree that it's better us than someone else. Also, keeping the sea lanes open is absolutely in our interest.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:42 AM (lFFaq)

202 So we have to use MICE for Judas?

(An acronym for the motivations to commit espionage - Money, Ideology, Conscience, Ego)

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I don't find poon in that list.

Posted by: Eric Swallwell at April 02, 2026 10:43 AM (nWPIJ)

203 Both Romans and Temple guards were there. Hundreds of them. They didn't want to take a chance that Jesus might slip away, like he's done before.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 09:47 AM (ESVrU)
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If the authorities anticipated a fight to the death, then an overwhelming display of force was mandatory.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2026 10:43 AM (rj6Yv)

204 188 People speculate that Judas was disillusioned with Jesus and it wasn't totally about 30 pieces of silver. The latter was the result of the former.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

After Judas Iscariot saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and tried to return the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. Declaring he had "sinned by betraying innocent blood," he threw the money into the temple sanctuary before leaving to hang himself.

The chief priests refused the money, stating it was "blood money" and not lawful to put into the temple treasury.
The priests used the returned coins to buy a potter's field as a burial place for strangers, which became known as the "Field of Blood".

Matthew 27:3-5 (New Testament of the Bible)

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)

205 Lol, that ad campaign ended shortly after airing one showing a cougar marrying a non-English speaking young man at a quickie chapel and then telling him she had to leave for a meeting at home. I guess someone pointed out that marriage *doesn't* stay in Vegas.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (lFFaq)

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lmao

I grew up in Vegas in the 60s and 70s, and the funniest thing ever was driving from The Strip to Downtown and seeing a quickie "wedding chapel" on every corner.

The most famous one was one where you could be married by an Elvis Impersonator.

I also found it hilarious that Reno, NV held the title of "Divorce Capital of the World" for more than six decades, primarily due to its exceptionally lenient divorce laws which allowed "residents" to establish residency in just six weeks starting in 1931.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:44 AM (seACy)

206 T0 collect his thirty pieces of Silver, Judas had to meet with the loan arranger..


(TheJamesMonroe won't get it.)

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:45 AM (qgHp7)

207 You reached 256 but then jaggonoff petey was banned again.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 10:22 AM (cO6oP)

No, that couldn’t have been. Pete has been here for 23 years!!! He is a veteran poster here in good standing!!! (Just in case, I will remind you - he has been here for 23 years. 23 whole years!!!)

TX SH 256 is quite scenic and dramatic. Especially between its west terminus near Silverton and its closest approach to Turkey where it meets TX SH 70.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 02, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

208 Lorica Segmentata > Vagina Dentata

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 10:45 AM (IG3/x)

209
Kier, why don't you just round up all your Boaty McBoatfaces and scamper over to Hormuz and pick up your oil for your own bad selves?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:46 AM (xG4kz)

210 You know who else Judas betrayed?

His neighborhood pimp and his bookie and his opium supplier.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 10:46 AM (UqSya)

211 The Royal Navy has more Admirals than ships.

Posted by: H.Ross Perrot at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (52ERr)

212 That was the armor he knew so that was the armor he painted. It's like war movies in the sixties using Patton and Chaffee tanks to stand in for Tigers and Shermans--it is what was available.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (IQhz0)

213 For a bunch of guys who have been out in the Judean sun, they are kind of pale.

Posted by: SPF 50 at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (oY1HT)

214 If we’re gonna be the world policeman can we at least collect some taxes from the world to pay for it?

Posted by: Heroq at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (TuZHl)

215 "Gambol refers to running, jumping, or skipping about in a playful, high-spirited way." Reminds me of the weekly 'teen takeovers' of Chicago's downtown that we've suffered over the past thirteen summers.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (N8ZBc)

216 If the authorities anticipated a fight to the death, then an overwhelming display of force was mandatory.
Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2026 10:43 AM (rj6Yv)
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That was also a distinct possibility. Peter did cut off the ear of one of them.

If Jesus hadn't intervened, they could have all been killed right then and there.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 10:47 AM (ESVrU)

217 211 The Royal Navy has more Admirals than ships.

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Are you counting the dinghies?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM (nWPIJ)

218 Who's more obtuse, TJM or Doof?

Posted by: Need A Scorecard at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM (oY1HT)

219
(TheJamesMonroe won't get it.)
Posted by: muldoon


Then it will definitely be way over the head of TheJamesKPolk.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM (xG4kz)

220 Who knew Christ was an insurrectionist?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 10:49 AM (n17eQ)

221 This dude was a true artist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:36 AM (snZF9)

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I read that in French and as "true artiste," you philistine!

;-)

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:39 AM (seACy)

Well thats just my nice way of saying this dude could actually paint, and not have it look like he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick like van gogh or picasso, or these other fucking chuckleheads whose shit belongs held up with an alphabet shaped fridge magnet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:49 AM (snZF9)

222 Are you counting the dinghies?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM (nWPIJ)


They're useless, so no. -- wives of British Admirals

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 10:49 AM (ExV1e)

223 The baroque painters created the impressionist style by using up all the dark paint.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 02, 2026 10:50 AM (GPa4z)

224 217 211 The Royal Navy has more Admirals than ships.
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So does the U.S. Navy.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 10:50 AM (n17eQ)

225 People speculate that Judas was disillusioned with Jesus and it wasn't totally about 30 pieces of silver. The latter was the result of the former.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

After Judas Iscariot saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and tried to return the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. Declaring he had "sinned by betraying innocent blood," he threw the money into the temple sanctuary before leaving to hang himself.

The chief priests refused the money, stating it was "blood money" and not lawful to put into the temple treasury.
The priests used the returned coins to buy a potter's field as a burial place for strangers, which became known as the "Field of Blood".

Matthew 27:3-5 (New Testament of the Bible)
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)

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Nailed it ... and filed under "Things I learned watching 'The Chosen'" TV series.

BTW, wifey and I our visiting and touring The Holy Land in October. We'd thought about doing the April tour this month (but I wasn't sure if I'd be retired, which I am) -- and assume it will be cancelled as my understanding is the most if not all of the holy sites are presently closed.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:50 AM (seACy)

226 not have it look like he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick like van gogh or picasso, or these other fucking chuckleheads whose shit belongs held up with an alphabet shaped fridge magnet.
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I would exclude Van Gogh from this list.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 10:51 AM (n17eQ)

227 The Royal Navy has more Admirals than ships.

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Are you counting the dinghies?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM


Captains have gigs. Admirals have barges.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 10:51 AM (0sNs1)

228 Jagonoff Petey flounces out every time he sticks his TDS nose back in here. Might be from all the decades of stroganoff.

Posted by: Hands Full/Brain Empty at April 02, 2026 10:52 AM (oY1HT)

229
Well thats just my nice way of saying this dude could actually paint, and not have it look like he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick like van gogh or picasso, or these other fucking chuckleheads whose shit belongs held up with an alphabet shaped fridge magnet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


LOL. That escalated quickly!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 10:52 AM (xG4kz)

230 In case it hasn't been mentioned...

Today, while glancing at Insty's, I noticed an apparent 2nd recommendation for Christopher Di Grazia's Theda Bara mysteries as well as a coming attractions mention:

https://instapundit.com/786964/

Nice!

Congratulations and all that!

When I got a mention of "WTC" on Insty it really produced a bump in sales (in between the time of the mention and when some a-hole at Amazon shadow-banned positive reviews on "Wearing the Cat") Grrr.

Anyway, that kind of exposure is priceless.


Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)

231 I hate when I miss a banning. Was it good?

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:53 AM (kNAyK)

232 he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:49 AM


There's more than one way to a happy little bush, you know.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 02, 2026 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

233 "Neil Peart was ranked as near the top of the greatest rock drummers ever, and he was still taking drum lessons up until the end."
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Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar training while on tour with Ozzy. He grab the phonebook and call local music stores asking if anyone taught classical guitar, and then show up to learn. Most times the teacher ended up being starry-eyed and would learn more from Randy than was taught, but Randy's mind was set on learning.

Posted by: Crusader at April 02, 2026 10:53 AM (TN0g+)

234 Well thats just my nice way of saying this dude could actually paint, and not have it look like he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick like van gogh or picasso, or these other fucking chuckleheads whose shit belongs held up with an alphabet shaped fridge magnet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 10:49 AM (snZF9)

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lol

I will never be able to look at a painting now without wondering if it was painted by a dude doodling with a brush taped to his dick.

/You are a true "character" and the wifey and I have very fond memories of hanging out with you (and your beautiful better half) at the TX MoMe last October.

Posted by: ShainS at April 02, 2026 10:54 AM (seACy)

235 I just finished a re-reading of Pope Benedict XVI's "Jesus of Nazareth - Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection". A strong recommendation for its analysis of the events leading up to Holy Week from biblical and cultural perspectives.

Interesting reading the book while watching The Chosen series on Amazon Prime. Currently on Season 3, episode 5 (I think).

Benedict's focus on Holy Thursday and the High-Priestly Prayer is a tour de force.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2026 10:54 AM (rj6Yv)

236 I would exclude Van Gogh from this list.
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Van Gogh's use of color is exceptional.

Posted by: Crusader at April 02, 2026 10:55 AM (TN0g+)

237 My favorite part of Pete'y's bs yesterday was when he said he supported "Trump" "as the nominee in 2020.

LOFL.

Wow, you "supported" the only person running and current president? First of all sure you did. Second of all... Amazing!! Third of all... BOLD call!!!!

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 10:55 AM (kNAyK)

238 Are you counting the dinghies?

************

No, just noses. You can put your pants back on.

Posted by: muldoon at April 02, 2026 10:55 AM (qgHp7)

239 >>>Well thats just my nice way of saying this dude could actually paint, and not have it look like he was doodling with a brush taped to his dick like van gogh or picasso, or these other fucking chuckleheads whose shit belongs held up with an alphabet shaped fridge magnet.

>edvard munch has entered the debate.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 10:56 AM (UqSya)

240 236 I would exclude Van Gogh from this list.
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Van Gogh's use of color is exceptional.
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Yes. And his engineering of a painting was spectacular.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 10:56 AM (n17eQ)

241 "doodling with a brush taped to his dick"

I guess that makes Pollock the biggest swinging dick of all artists. Guy could swing it, sling it.

Posted by: gp at April 02, 2026 10:57 AM (N8ZBc)

242
Who knew that the subject of Art was divided into 2 Main Schools?

Erect and Floppy.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

243 Who knew that the subject of Art was divided into 2 Main Schools?

Erect and Floppy.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2026 10:58 AM


Ahem.

Posted by: zombie Georgia O'Keeffe at April 02, 2026 11:00 AM (0sNs1)

244 Nood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

245 Who's more obtuse, TJM or Doof?
Posted by: Need A Scorecard at April 02, 2026 10:48 AM (oY1HT)



Doof. TJM is just an illiterate asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (7Q7Ca)

246 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (7Q7Ca)

247
nood rant

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)

248 I had a yak burger in Kathmandu once. It wasn't that memorable.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Was Bob Segar there?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 02, 2026 11:02 AM (DDJSl)

249 >>>Who knew that the subject of Art was divided into 2 Main Schools?

Erect and Floppy.

Posted by: naturalfake

>When the Hunter Biden gallery, in it's dedicated wing of the Joe Biden Library, is constructed, you'll realize that he was a true renaissance man of his era.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 11:04 AM (UqSya)

250
Kurt Vonnegut opined that what ticked off Judas about Jesus was Mary having anointed Jesus' feet with perfume and Judas protested that the money wasted on the perfume ought ro have gone to the poor. In a more modern vernacular, Vonnegut had Jesus chiding Judas by saying, "Don't worry, Judas, there'll still be plenty of poor people around after I'm gone."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 11:05 AM (xG4kz)

251 225. Nailed it ... and filed under "Things I learned watching 'The Chosen'" TV series.

BTW, wifey and I our visiting and touring The Holy Land in October. We'd thought about doing the April tour this month (but I wasn't sure if I'd be retired, which I am) -- and assume it will be cancelled as my understanding is the most if not all of the holy sites are presently closed.
Posted by: ShainS

😄 I'm just an old time independent Baptist who also will sit in other places of worship & routinely attend Catholic mass.

That would be an opportunity & trip of a lifetime. (Wish I had gone) Do keep it on your & your wife's bucket lists.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 11:16 AM (NFX2v)

252 65 Big Day way back then:

Jesus and his twelve apostles shared (the Last Supper)
Jesus washed the feet of his disciples
He instituted the Eucharist
He predicted that Judas would betray him.
Judas left the meal to arrange the betrayal
Jesus gave his Farewell Discourse (John 13–17), including the new commandment to love one another.
After the meal, they sang a hymn and went to the Mount of Olives
In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed intensely (“Let this cup pass from me”, while the apostles slept. He was then arrested by soldiers led by Judas.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)

Thanks for that.

Posted by: javems at April 02, 2026 11:50 AM (zFsEm)

253 90 Caravaggio is a master in the use of light in all of his paintings. The points of light here showing the faces and hands of Christ, Judas and the others bring out their varied reactions. The outrage and panic of the disciples and the fixed, deliberate expression of Judas knowing he is betraying Christ and still doing it. But the look on Christ's face and his intertwined hands is the focus: the pain of the betrayal and acceptance of his destiny. It is a supremely human moment. The soldiers' faces are not distinct even though there is detail. They are human tools, not people. The power of the painting reveals itself as the viewer continues to look even though the moment is known. And all this was Caravaggio's realism.

The painting would lead to complete despair if not for the knowledge of the resurrection to come.
Posted by: JTB at April 02, 2026 10:00 AM (yTvNw)

Excellent analysis JTB.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 02, 2026 11:53 AM (y171U)

254 I just viewed this at the National gallery of Ireland. Powerful piece

Posted by: Dan Hayes at April 02, 2026 12:08 PM (sNEQ2)

255 Yay for art!

Posted by: Persnickety at April 02, 2026 03:36 PM (NXsA/)

The Morning Report — 4/2/26

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Good morning kids. So a couple of big stories to cover this morning, first up is President Trump last night in an address to the nation about our military campaign against the Iranian regime.


President Donald Trump praised the United States military Wednesday night during a speech updating the American people on the conflict with Iran, but he offered no new details on the operations.

Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign by the United States and Israel, commenced on Feb. 28 after attempts to negotiate a cessation of Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear weapons failed. During the speech, Trump said that the “core strategic objectives” of the military operations were almost achieved\(RELATED: Trump Halts All Strikes On Iran Power Plants Amid Negotiations)

“As I stated in my announcement of Operation Epic Fury, our objectives are very simple and clear. We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders,” Trump said. “That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and their missile program at levels never seen before, and annihilating their defense industrial base. We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone, their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten.” “Taken together, these actions will… crush their ability to support terrorist proxies and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb,” Trump said. “Our armed forces  have been extraordinary. There’s never been anything like it militarily. Everyone is talking about it. And tonight, I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

Trump also paid tribute to the 13 Americans killed during the military operation. As of Wednesday evening, seven American military personnel had died from hostile action in Operation Epic Fury, with six others perishing in the crash of an Air Force KC-135R tanker. Trump also blamed Iranian attacks on shipping in the region for high gas prices, saying their actions proved the necessity of the military operation.

“Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home. This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict,” Trump said. “This is yet more proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons. They will use them, and they will use them quickly. It would lead to decades of extortion, economic pain, and instability worse than we can ever imagine.”

Trump also warned Iran’s current leadership to accept the terms he laid out, saying that if they did not, the United States would target Iran’s energy infrastructure.

“If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously,” Trump said. “We have not hit their oil, even though that’s the easiest target of all because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding, but we could hit it and it would be gone, and there’s not a thing they could do about it.”

In the run-up to the speech, there was some speculation that the President was going to declare victory and then cease operations. Considering the President has deployed a third carrier to the theatre and is demanding the Iranian's adhere to a ceasefire, and they've responded by flipping a Farsi firebird in his direction, I'm not so sure that Peace is at hand, as old Henry Kissinger used to say about Vietnam.


The other huge story was the President's truly historic visit to the SCOTUS during testimony about the abomination of the utter bastardization of the 14th amendment he has attempted to end via executive order.

Yes Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson is an imbecile but a very dangerous imbecile because of her anti-American racialist fueled leftism.

Worse is the wishy washy two-faced Amy Coney Island whitefish Barrett.

The progressives’ threat that “millions” of people could lose citizenship amid legal chaos seems intended to give swing-voting judges an excuse to kill Trump’s order that bars citizenship to illegal migrants.

The prospect of chaos was raised by a swing-voting judge. “It could be messy,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative who has voted with progressives.

When even the Wiseass wide-ass Latina sounds logical by comparison, maybe it's a good sign we might witness a miracle that birthright citizenship will at long last be tossed.

Elsewhere, we shot a black dude into space to orbit the moon. Yay, us...

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1 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 02, 2026 07:23 AM (ewuvP)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 07:23 AM (NcvvS)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

4 Ha! Mornin, JJ. I’ll go fetch ‘em…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 02, 2026 07:23 AM (ewuvP)

5 Thirsty Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 02, 2026 07:23 AM (/+uur)

6 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:24 AM (MIIRH)

7 JJ, her name is Amy "Commie" Barrett and this is all on DJT for nominating the leftist b*tch to begin with.

Posted by: kurtz at April 02, 2026 07:26 AM (rm5Dq)

8 .
Excuse my fallen state; but, butt ... I hate Amy Coney Barrett.

Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

9 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 07:27 AM (AkEZC)

10 >>> 8 .
Excuse my fallen state; but, butt ... I hate Amy Coney Barrett.
Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

She can probably tell the difference between a man and a woman... but she uses *margarine* in her baking.

Posted by: ACB Facts at April 02, 2026 07:28 AM (ULPxl)

11 7 JJ, her name is Amy "Commie" Barrett and this is all on DJT for nominating the leftist b*tch to begin with.
Posted by: kurtz at April 02, 2026 07:26 AM (rm5Dq)


Yes PDT screwed the pooch on this and whoever his advisers are on judges among other nominees have not served him well to say the least. Hope he and whoever succeeds him in the MAGA movement learns a lesson.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)

12 .
.
P.S. "Why Does Anyone Take Jane Fonda Seriously?"
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That would be because her Oscar was for the "Guinness Book of World Records" longest snot string in a motion picture in, "Klute."

Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 07:30 AM (kt8QE)

13 The current phase of the Acela class's war against their hated colonial subjects in America hinges on mass migration from Latin America.

The Supreme Court is not going to just spike the whole plan because some filthy American managed to worm his way into the White House.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

14 >>>Elsewhere, we shot a black dude into space to orbit the moon. Yay, us...
Have a great day!

>Wasn't their also a female-type chick and a fucking Canadian?

A shame we didn't send Katie Perry back up on the rocketship with that imbecile Trudeau. Trudeau could wear his black face and voila!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 07:32 AM (UqSya)

15 Top 20 and still going strong.

Oh right...the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 07:34 AM (+4yJ5)

16 PDT might as well pack the court now before the Dems do it...its the only way to be sure - I mean without nuking it from orbit of course...

Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 07:34 AM (V7158)

17 Top 20, good for me.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 02, 2026 07:35 AM (JNTt1)

18 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 07:35 AM (oPLIp)

19
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 07:35 AM (tljrc)

20 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at April 02, 2026 07:35 AM (RiKhU)

21 It may be a good idea to look for conservative judges without families and nothing to lose.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 07:36 AM (Sco7b)

22 Iran’s military threatened on Thursday to launch crushing and destructive attacks on the US after President Trump declared Operation Epic Fury an “overwhelming” victory in an address to the nation.

It sounds funny until you realize that sleeper cells are a thing. Hopefully any actions like that get crushed. Or they try it in the wrong neighborhoods.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 07:37 AM (+4yJ5)

23 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Crudely suggesting his critics are gay or mocking 'out' gay conservatives has become one of his team’s go-to tactics.
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Our hatred is better and (D)ifferent!

Dear Gay People,

How ya like being punked by a greasy breeder?

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

24 Not sure with DJT's previous supreme court picks that I trust him to make a few more before he leaves. If he has to do it, he might want to do it before November when we lose both the house and senate.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 02, 2026 07:37 AM (BCuCF)

25 16 PDT might as well pack the court now before the Dems do it...its the only way to be sure - I mean without nuking it from orbit of course...
Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 07:34 AM (V715


The Dems would not allow it and considering the disaster of ACB, his choices or that of his advisers are not to be trusted to be Scalia or Thomas caliber to say the least.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

26 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

27 Taxes takin' my whole damn check
The junkies make me a nervous wreck
The price of food is goin up
And if all that crap wasn't enough
A rat done bit my sister nell
With Whitey going round the moon

Posted by: MSNBC at April 02, 2026 07:40 AM (PbRhC)

28 California has lost at least $180 billion to fraud, according to officials and experts.
Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud
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But the politicians got their slice of the pie, so it's all good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 02, 2026 07:41 AM (ESVrU)

29 Flew my private jet to Minnesota

Too cold for a boner

So I flew back to Freehold

And wrote this craaaaaap

Posted by: Jersey Coal Miners at April 02, 2026 07:41 AM (PWkj8)

30 I warned them about Barrett. Sent many missives to the WH. Told them Raymond Kethledge was the man. But it HAD to be a woman (and a totally unqualified one at that) I tried.

Great speech last night.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 07:41 AM (fZiTB)

31 ". . .if the justices harbor any consideration of keeping the 14th Amendment migration train running by upholding the current bastardization of the amendment, it will signal to the American people the illegitimacy of even the highest legal authority in the land, ostensibly with a 6-3 conservative majority"

So the rest of America will learn what conservatives learned during the 2020 election steal. Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 07:41 AM (Sco7b)

32 Trump Admin Closes U.S.-Canada Border Road.

Good time for Alberta to become a U.S. State.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)

33 Comedy Gold! - Former CNN Employee Don Lemon Signals He’s Open to Running for President

Because one black fag as POTUS wasn't enough.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)

34 Not the first time Iran has used children in the military.

At least this time, the children are not being used to clear Iraqi minefields.

Let's face it, the Mullahs are evil for they love worldly power.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 07:45 AM (2GVsD)

35 33 Comedy Gold! - Former CNN Employee Don Lemon Signals He’s Open to Running for President
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Comedy or psychopathology? You decide!

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 07:46 AM (fZiTB)

36 The progressives’ threat that “millions” of people could lose citizenship amid legal chaos seems intended to give swing-voting judges an excuse to kill Trump’s order that bars citizenship to illegal migrants. The prospect of chaos was raised by a swing-voting judge. “It could be messy,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative who has voted with progressives.

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Oh gosh, not that! It's much more important to bastardize the meaning of birthright citizenship and ruin a nation than dealing with anything...messy!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

37 The Dems would not allow it and considering the disaster of ACB, his choices or that of his advisers are not to be trusted to be Scalia or Thomas caliber to say the least.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

Let the Dems come out against packing the court then...let's get them on record. And I think PDT part deux is turning out wholly different in his thinking than uno. He's picks for his second term cabinet are proof of that.

Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 07:46 AM (V7158)

38 Because one black fag as POTUS wasn't enough.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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Gutfeld said as much last night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

39 Offered for your consideration.

I believe the lady doth talk too much.

Perhaps if she kept her mouth shut, we wouldn't think she were an idiot.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6e4wv9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 07:47 AM (iMotb)

40 no one of any consequence

Don Lemon is the poster child for Performance / Ego mismatch. What a deranged, bent, tool.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

41 Lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court was probably a mistake. Some people mellow with age, others radicalize. Many are appointed to a position they're totally unsuited for.

And yeah, Trump had and has a real issue with whomever is suggesting and vetting some of his administrative picks.

The most charitable take on the retarded black girl appointed under *biden's reign was that it was "a mistake."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (AkEZC)

42 "Let the Dems come out against packing the court then....."

Like that would change anything. The progtard motto is "if it weren't for double standards...."

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (cO6oP)

43 Finally did get my tax paperwork back. Ended up paying 500 to the state and getting about 1500 from the feds. And I know it would have been worse if we hadn't paid the estimated taxes every quarter.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (+4yJ5)

44 Don Le'Mon wants to get those matching funds.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (2GVsD)

45 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

She is Dunning - Kruger all the way down. Her clerks must be tattooed as a mark of shame.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

46 Oh gosh, not that! It's much more important to bastardize the meaning of birthright citizenship and ruin a nation than dealing with anything...messy!
Posted by: Lady in Black


We'll be losing our illegal immigrant janitors so messy is a big concern.

Don't get up. I'll show myself out.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 07:51 AM (+4yJ5)

47 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 02, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

48 Trump-Backed Senate Hopeful Was In Love With DEI — Until She Entered Politics
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Probably no more loyal to their side, and just wanted to say whatever she thought the audience wanted to hear.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 07:52 AM (AlhUl)

49 Like that would change anything. The progtard motto is "if it weren't for double standards...."
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (cO6oP)

Then if they are going to do it - and you seem to know they are going to do it regardless of what they say...then the only option you have if for you to try and do it first. Defeatist attitudes abound, but they aren't contusive to winning.

Posted by: Boswell at April 02, 2026 07:53 AM (V7158)

50 Anna Puma

I say: "Let him run for President." He will act as a shit magnet, siphoning off support for the Commie the Dem's eventually run.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

51 Foreign-Born Obama Judge Rules Trump Can Face Civil Claims Over Alleged Incitement on January 6.

--

He will have no peace once he leaves office. Civil cases filed out the ying yang in deep blue areas with deep blue juries with no evidence required (ref: E. Jean The Crazy Machine Carroll).

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

52 Morning, Horde.

New laptop here. How do you enbiggen text on the screen, again? Cntrl-plus? F-something-plus?

Tired eyes want to know.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:57 AM (LxER7)

53 So ABC has some story about poor , helpless immigrants being deported to countries they have never been too and have no ties. Doubt here is much to this story, maybe a handful and probably criminals if trues. In any case case, they had never been to this country and had no ties here. That never bothered them. Or ABC.

Posted by: Ripley at April 02, 2026 07:57 AM (PTDkx)

54 And a congratulations to MP4, who continues to get positive hype for his Theda Bara mysteries this morning. Well deserved!

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at April 02, 2026 07:58 AM (oDvC2)

55 Like that would change anything. The progtard motto is "if it weren't for double standards...."
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 07:48 AM (cO6oP)

Clearly. They don't care. The NY Times is now editorializing about the horrible recidivism rate of the J6 pardonees (1%!!!) while glossing over the exponentially higher rate for repeat crime produced by cashless bail and leftist jurisdictions. And they're howling against release of the Swalwell docs after howling for release of Epstein. They don't care what you think about them anymore.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 07:58 AM (fZiTB)

56 I'm going on the record

'Birthright citizenship' stays
5-4, maybe even 6-3
you can say you knew me back when, when it comes down

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 07:58 AM (ZxPkt)

57 New laptop here. How do you enbiggen text on the screen, again? Cntrl-plus? F-something-plus?

Tired eyes want to know.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 07:57 AM (LxER7)

ctrl and the plus sign to embiggen the text of a website

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 07:59 AM (cO6oP)

58 Paid to Rage: How Astroturf Protesters Hijack the First Amendment
________
That was a mess, trying to simplify what is very complicated. Yes, these astroturfed protests are a problem. But if one steps back and reflects, you will realize that every lawyer is paid to advocate a position. Should we abolish all them? (Wait. That may be an idea. Let me think about it.)

And as to "sunlight being the best disinfectant", I used to take that view. But then the leftists started showing up at private citizens' homes when they found out those citizens had backed the wrong side.

It's not simple, but that author is blind to that fact.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

59 Don Lemon talks possibility of being president

We already had a gay black man as President.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 08:00 AM (+4yJ5)

60 47 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 02, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

==

Can't speak for anyone else but mine is covered with a thick scum of pollen.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:00 AM (LxER7)

61 The Islamization of Catholic Charities
________
They have a lot of problems, but I don't trust Greenfield on this.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 08:00 AM (AlhUl)

62 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:01 AM (Zz0t1)

63 ctrl and the plus sign to embiggen the text of a website
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 02, 2026 07:59 AM (cO6oP)

YUSS!!

Posted by: Marv Albert at April 02, 2026 08:01 AM (LxER7)

64 >>>Don Lemon talks possibility of being president

We already had a gay black man as President.

Posted by: NR Pax

>Taint happening.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 08:02 AM (UqSya)

65 Elsewhere, we shot a black dude into space to orbit the moon. Yay, us...


Because historic events through skin color are WAY more important than historic scientific achievements because DIVERSITY!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)

66
Can't speak for anyone else but mine is covered with a thick scum of pollen.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:00 AM (LxER7)



My white truck now has a greenish yellow tint to it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

67 "Going on the record" ain't all its cracked up to be, pal.

Posted by: The Shaggs at April 02, 2026 08:04 AM (uLd62)

68 They're audacious and we're not. Until Trump, that is. We've never had an audacious political leader (maybe Reagan, to a measured degree). Too bad Trump is having such trouble teaching the hope of audacity to the GOP.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 08:04 AM (fZiTB)

69 3 Comedy Gold! - Former CNN Employee Don Lemon Signals He’s Open to Running for President


No man that takes it in the ass is going to be leader of the strongest military on Earth. You want to become France? Elect a faguette as President.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:05 AM (Zz0t1)

70 So many Iranian leaders are dead and gone, thank heaven, that "regime change" is an accomplished fact (at least in the sense of who occupies what chair). Some institutional titles might remain, and even some of the previous government arms might survive in some way, but the old regime is dead.

The Islamist ideology though lives on, and that we cannot change. Persians must themselves fix that problem.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qeQdo)

71 Oh right...the articles."

Wait, there be articles?

Cofffeve. Stat.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:05 AM (XuXeR)

72 >Taint happening."

'tis nutz.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)

73 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 02, 2026 08:06 AM (53oGX)

74 So many Iranian leaders are dead and gone, thank heaven, that "regime change" is an accomplished fact (at least in the sense of who occupies what chair). Some institutional titles might remain, and even some of the previous government arms might survive in some way, but the old regime is dead.

The Islamist ideology though lives on, and that we cannot change. Persians must themselves fix that problem.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qeQdo)



Not true. The mullahs are still in control, are keeping the Strait closed and are making millions off fees for passage. Iran is winning and Trump is a stooge who's lying to all of you.

- -- - - - - Jackin' Jagoff

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

75
Wait, there be articles?

Cofffeve. Stat.
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:05 AM (XuXeR)



Next thing you'll be telling me this site has content........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

76 My white truck now has a greenish yellow tint to it."

The "pollen belt" is moving north, then. We're about done w/the worst of it, and the rain is cleaning up the rest.
Oaks this year were brutal...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)

77 Trump's speech was on point, specific as to goals and timetable, full of high and fitting praise for our military. Excellent, I thought.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (fZiTB)

78 By the way. Thank you J.J.. The links were interesting. I'm not usually up this early.

Oh, I really get how the cat people here love cats. I guess it depends on the cat. A few minutes ago, Snowflake climbed on the recliner with me, rested and purred in my arms. I love that cat.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (Sco7b)

79 Next thing you'll be telling me this site has content........"

You call dis content?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)

80 The "pollen belt" is moving north, then. We're about done w/the worst of it, and the rain is cleaning up the rest.
Oaks this year were brutal...
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)



I have multiple cottonwood trees in the back yard. Every year, everything turns greenish yellow. It did rain last night, finally, so we'll see what that did once the sun comes up a bit more.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

81 What are the odds SCOTUS rules narrowly, that the President can't decree that birthright citizenship is not the law, but not saying it is inherently in the Constitution? That would leave it to Congress (where it probably belongs, anyway, but which as things are can do nothing.)

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 08:09 AM (AlhUl)

82 Snowflake climbed on the recliner with me, rested and purred in my arms. I love that cat.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:08 AM (Sco7b)



It is plotting ways to kill you and feast on your rotting flesh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

83 Saw this X Community Note relating to Trump's ability to withdraw from NATO.

Important legal context:

Trump could try to withdraw the U.S. from NATO, but Congress has already passed a law (National Defense Authorization Act) saying a President cannot do it unilaterally without either a two-thirds Senate vote or separate new legislation.


If true, it's never going to happen.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

84 The 56-year old Khamenei has on Wednesday apparently broken his silence again, this time praising Hezbollah for joining the suicidal war against Israel with major martyrdom operations.

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 08:10 AM (OKKmJ)

85 What are the odds SCOTUS rules narrowly, that the President can't decree that birthright citizenship is not the law, but not saying it is inherently in the Constitution? That would leave it to Congress (where it probably belongs, anyway, but which as things are can do nothing.)
Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 08:09 AM (AlhUl)



The majority of Trump's power and control of things is via EO. That won't bode well for America when a Democrat steals elections because they will do a Biden and EO everything Trump did out of existence and we'll be back to 3rd world status in no time. Only THIS time, we'll all be imprisoned for wrong think.

They're telling you what they're going to do when they steal power again. Believe them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Remember, this war is Allah’s will

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 08:11 AM (OKKmJ)

87 Whoever nominated ACB to SCOTUS is a damned idiot.

Posted by: Ridiculous at April 02, 2026 08:12 AM (aMYJB)

88
Trump could try to withdraw the U.S. from NATO, but Congress has already passed a law (National Defense Authorization Act) saying a President cannot do it unilaterally without either a two-thirds Senate vote or separate new legislation.

If true, it's never going to happen.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)



Then he'll just have to defund it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

89 There are 5 Canadian products on the Artimus menu. I'd bet money one of them is maple syrup.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 08:12 AM (UqSya)

90 There are 5 Canadian products on the Artimus menu. I'd bet money one of them is maple syrup.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 08:12 AM (UqSya)



Moosehead Beer FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

91 It could be that ACB WAS a reasonable pick, but The Machine processed her like it does so many others who initially might have had some sense.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 08:13 AM (DgMqy)

92 Awesome speech by Our Dear Leader

Dow futures immediately drop 600 points before opening today

Global gas prices still climbing at a pretty steady 1 % per day. Should not 5 bucks May 1

So much winning !

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 08:13 AM (+LrNz)

93 Remember, this war is Allah’s will
Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 08:11 AM (OKKmJ)



Fine. It's just that Iran can't create the fire and brimstone required to bring that f*ck 'back to Earth.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Why has no one told Byron Noem that we are in the middle of a "No Kinks" movement?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 08:14 AM (AlhUl)

95 "because they will do a Biden and EO everything Trump did out of existence and we'll be back to 3rd world status in no time. Only THIS time, we'll all be imprisoned for wrong think."

That's exactly what they're going to do. Just as they erased all Trump's gains in 2021. Only this time, as you say, it will come with Stasi superpowers of persecution. Who can't see this?

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 08:14 AM (fZiTB)

96 Good morning good people. Thanks J.J. and Happy Birthday.

I didn't see it mentioned above but, Dino Chicken Nuggets from Walmart have been recalled due to possible lead contamination.

I know that CBD and all other epicurean minded Morons are affected by this so, I felt I needed to announce this vital news item.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:15 AM (cYBz/)

97 Why has no one told Byron Noem that we are in the middle of a "No Kinks" movement?
Posted by: Eeyore at April 02, 2026 08:14 AM (AlhUl)



He's not kinky. YOU'RE the freak, normie.

- - - - - - Leftist Retard

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

98 > That would leave it to Congress (where it probably belongs, anyway, but which as things are can do nothing.)
----

I don't know how we edit the 14th Amendment-
the remedy might lie in the phrase 'The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'

depends on what the meaning of 'enforce' is, or could be defined as

I dunno- I'm just a caveman- your Supreme Court frightens and confuses me

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:15 AM (ZxPkt)

99 Trump should simply add a new immigration rule saying pregnant foreign visitors either cannot visit, or have to leave before they are six months gone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:16 AM (mYmwD)

100 but Congress has already passed a law (National Defense Authorization Act) saying a President cannot do it unilaterally without either a two-thirds Senate vote or separate new legislation."

Yeah, saw that as well. And it's incorrect. There are several methods to draw down US/NATO numbers (including the 70K troops number) that involve various Departments...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

101
Speaking of Obama, I haven't heard Big Mike speaking lately.

Perhaps we're not worthy of being trashed and derided anymore.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 08:16 AM (Y8DZL)

102 I didn't see it mentioned above but, Dino Chicken Nuggets from Walmart have been recalled due to possible lead contamination.

I know that CBD and all other epicurean minded Morons are affected by this so, I felt I needed to announce this vital news item.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:15 AM (cYBz/)

DRAT!!!

**tears up Easter Dinner menu**

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 02, 2026 08:17 AM (LxER7)

103 Speaking of Obama, I haven't heard Big Mike speaking lately.

Perhaps we're not worthy of being trashed and derided anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 08:16 AM (Y8DZL)



He's too busy taking vacations away from Barack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

104 Auspex

Would the Secret Service intervene to protect pbho after he tells her to shut up, sit down, and calm your moobs?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

105 your Supreme Court frightens and confuses me"

Well, quit going to Japan and stealing stuff...


*actual "justice"*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

106 It could be that ACB WAS a reasonable pick, but The Machine processed her like it does so many others who initially might have had some sense.

--

From Day One, I got a bad feeling about her. She was quick to state that she would not necessarily rule (conservatively) just because she was nominated by Trump. The writing was on the wall, imo. This was not said during her confirmation hearings, but I believe after her confirmation. Why feel the need to even say that? It was a red flag.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)

107 >>>Why has no one told Byron Noem that we are in the middle of a "No Kinks" movement?

Posted by: Eeyore

>Oh yeah! You really got me!

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:19 AM (UqSya)

108 98 > That would leave it to Congress (where it probably belongs, anyway, but which as things are can do nothing.)
----

I don't know how we edit the 14th Amendment-
the remedy might lie in the phrase 'The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'

depends on what the meaning of 'enforce' is, or could be defined as

I dunno- I'm just a caveman- your Supreme Court frightens and confuses me

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:15 AM (ZxPkt)

The enforcement provision just enables Congress to create legislation supporting the Amendment's purpose.

The issue here is nominally one of definition/meaning, which the Executive is generally free to interpret until Congress gives direction.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 02, 2026 08:20 AM (okun6)

109 The Congress shall have power to enforce"

We're in the fundraising bidness, and let me tell you.... bidness is good.

/ur kongress

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:20 AM (XuXeR)

110 pallasmaxxer
@pallasmaxxer
europe literally paying Indians 1400 euro a month to "study" here while our own students can't afford rent and are drowning in debt.

this guy is literally bragging about scamming the system with a degree that’s worth less than a high school diploma in the west.

total subversion of our education system and you are the one footing the bill. peak comedy.

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 08:20 AM (OKKmJ)

111
Slowly, but perceptibly, troll traffic has increased around here recently.

That 25 cent hit must be a powerful incentive.

Posted by: Auspex at April 02, 2026 08:20 AM (Y8DZL)

112 >>>Why has no one told Byron Noem that we are in the middle of a "No Kinks" movement?

Posted by: Eeyore

**Sob**

Posted by: Ray Davies at April 02, 2026 08:21 AM (LxER7)

113
>Oh yeah! You really got me!
Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:19 AM (UqSya)



You asked for it..........


https://youtu.be/9X6e7uctAww

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

114 Thank you JJ. Morning all

ACB is an idiot... or a coward... both, actually

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:21 AM (xT8gx)

115 The lack of the current office holders and placemats in robes to perform in a rational manner is the nation's biggest threat.

Congress is useless, and the courts are corrupt, useless, with no real justice seen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

116 Why has no one told Byron Noem that we are in the middle of a "No Kinks" movement?

Posted by: Eeyore

Maybe it's just me but, if I worked with a woman whose husband proved to be a cross-dressing freak, I'd roast her unmercifully every chance I got.

Right or wrong, I know how I am.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:22 AM (cYBz/)

117 ACB is an idiot... or a coward... both, actually
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:21 AM (xT8gx)

Just a mousy mediocrity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 08:22 AM (fZiTB)

118 Happy Passover to JJ, CBD, and all the Horde of the Tribe.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 08:22 AM (znREB)

119 ACB is causing me to have sleepless sweaty nights (the bad kind) when thinking about state level gun ban challenges. "Shall not be infringed" probably has very little meaning to her and her stupid brain.

Trump will (if GOPe keeps the Senate) have at least one more SC pick before he walks into the sunset.....needs to go as hardcore as allowed. Hopefully McConnell is gone by then and Trump goes animal style.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 02, 2026 08:23 AM (F2sSv)

120 "She was quick to state that she would not necessarily rule (conservatively) just because she was nominated by Trump."

Don't you have to say those kind of things to get confirmed?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 08:23 AM (DgMqy)

121 Your candy bar isn't really candy:

The Hershey Company to restore real chocolate in iconic treats after criticism

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)

122 "We'll only stick the tip of our military in, just to see how it feels."

Posted by: Ridiculous at April 02, 2026 08:23 AM (aMYJB)

123 The mullahs are still in control, are keeping the Strait closed and are making millions off fees for passage. Iran is winning and Trump is a stooge who's lying to all of you.

- -- - - - - Jackin' Jagoff
=================
Maybe some combination of Don Lemon, the Vindman twins, the Squad, Code Pink, and the Teachers Union would volunteer to "rule" in Iran. Make it happen, Sponge.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:23 AM (4TTGY)

124 Birthright Citizenship -
The new Dredd Sxott, except this time everyone in the world is subject to US jurisdiction and are citizens.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (Li9FJ)

125 You knew ACB was a massive mistake when McConnel said it was her or no one.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (RAxGY)

126 Morning JJ and the Horde. When Ginsberg passed, GOP only had about a month to replace her, because Senate Rino's would not confirm during a lame duck.

Any solid conservative male pick would have been another Kav. Barrett was a matter a convenience who was pro life. She provides Roberts support on swing decisions. Brutal

Posted by: Jonah at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (YCxFk)

127 I'm late today so probably already mentioned... but why do our esteemed SCOTUS judges have a hard time with the words "... subject to the jurisdiction thereof" and they seem to struggle with the (to me) straightforward concept that the meaning of those words hasn't changed since the amendment was written even if some judges in the past were idiotic?

And why does "potential chaos" have anything to do with what these words mean???

Imbeciles....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (xT8gx)

128 That's exactly what they're going to do. Just as they erased all Trump's gains in 2021. Only this time, as you say, it will come with Stasi superpowers of persecution. Who can't see this?

==

It's plain to see, OA. We can thank Congress for their complete inaction in cementing Trump's (and the American people's) agenda. It will all be gone with the next communist Democrat president...which is any one of them at this point. Our eyes will water at what they're going to rapidly do the minute they get elected. I'll eat my hat if I'm wrong.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

129 Slowly, but perceptibly, troll traffic has increased around here recently."

Yeah. We used to play with 'em. Then leave their carcasses on the doorstep.

Good times, good times.

FWIW, "gas prices" are really fracturing between the CARB compliant states and the rest of us. SE Texas to N Fl I've seen prices slowwwwly coming down...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

130 The prospect of chaos was raised by a swing-voting judge. “It could be messy,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative who has voted with progressives.

That's like arguing after letting a bankrobber deposit his money in the stock market it would be "too chaotic" to take those funds from him...let alone put him in prison

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (sKqQm)

131 The Hershey Company to restore real chocolate in iconic treats after criticism
Posted by: Don Black

They are going to replace the wax they've been putting in there for years?

Trump's power is off the charts!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (cYBz/)

132 You knew ACB was a massive mistake when McConnel said it was her or no one.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (RAxGY)



So, she's owned by China too?

Damn.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

133 There is so much fog around the phrase 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' that the supremes can basically write the meaning of this however they want regardless of what the writers and voters of the amendment believed it to mean. In 1866 no one probably envisioned that there would be mass invasion by foreigners that are in the US illegally, or that foreign visitors would do 'birth tourism'. If they did they probably assumed that future citizens and the three branches of the government would agree with them that the children born of these foreigners aren't citizens because the language of the amendment is clear.

But the majority of the supremes want children of illegal aliens to be citizens so that's what they will rule.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Dv3i1)

134 119. Ho, the first asian , from 5th circuit would be ideal.

no offense to our female horde here, but no more ewomen

Posted by: Jonah at April 02, 2026 08:26 AM (YCxFk)

135 “It could be messy,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett,"

Send her to Japan as well...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:26 AM (XuXeR)

136 Barret adopted a immigrant child? not good

Posted by: Jonah at April 02, 2026 08:27 AM (YCxFk)

137 Don't you have to say those kind of things to get confirmed?

--

She said it after her confirmation. I don't recall any of the D justices feeling the need to say that after they were appointed.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

138 That's exactly what they're going to do. Just as they erased all Trump's gains in 2021. Only this time, as you say, it will come with Stasi superpowers of persecution. Who can't see this?/i]

IN 2016 Trump ran on investigating and if tried and found guilty imprisoning Hillary Clinton for her myriad, real crimes.

The FNM and GOPe told us investigating a lead opposition political was the mark of a banana Republican EVEN IF the crimes were real and well documented.

Then after installing Biden they immediately started investigated Trump for a series of questionable and at times outright fake crimes.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:27 AM (sKqQm)

139 It's plain to see, OA. We can thank Congress for their complete inaction in cementing Trump's (and the American people's) agenda. It will all be gone with the next communist Democrat president...which is any one of them at this point. Our eyes will water at what they're going to rapidly do the minute they get elected. I'll eat my hat if I'm wrong.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

Is your hat black? ;-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (xT8gx)

140
She said it after her confirmation. I don't recall any of the D justices feeling the need to say that after they were appointed.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)



Because the rules are different, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

141 ACB is no idiot.

As an alumnus of Notre Dame, she learned from the Jesuits how to dissemble. I suspect that like Roberts, she is being blackmailed.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (qFwJc)

142 But the majority of the supremes want children of illegal aliens to be citizens so that's what they will rule.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Dv3i1)
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Shorter: a nation of men, not laws.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

143 Props and congratulations to The Federalist and Margot Cleveland for their court victory over the evil censorship complex! May there be many more.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (1jxCA)

144 again, Caveman here

but wasn't the intent of the 14th to grant citizenship to freed slaves?

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)

145 In 1866 no one probably envisioned that there would be mass invasion by foreigners that are in the US illegally, or that foreign visitors would do 'birth tourism'

Arguably on of our current problems is that prior generations of American politicians assumed that following generations could read and understand flowery verbiage.

Now I suspect the current scumbags would be disputing plain text as well, but it would make things better had they explicitly written in simple English what they meant.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

146 again, Caveman here

but wasn't the intent of the 14th to grant citizenship to freed slaves?
Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)



Shouldn't you be switching to GEICO?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

147 >>> utter bastardization of the 14th amendment he has attempted to end via executive order.

90% of what I have seen/heard MSM says that Trump is going to lose 8-1 because 1lthe 14th says loterally that anyone born in the US is a citizen and Congress can change that if they do not like it....

Which is odd because I thought Congress cannot change the Constitution w/o Admendment.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 08:29 AM (Li9FJ)

148 But the majority of the supremes want children of illegal aliens to be citizens"

All numbers must go UP! Upppity up up up. Without more people, things will go bad.

/yeah, that's what a number of idiots think

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

149 Or, she is like Sandra Day O'Connor. She put on Conservatism like a Winter coat and took it off and never wore it again when she moved to a warmer climate (like hell).

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (qFwJc)

150 Roberts may at one point have been blackmailed.

But now he's just a lefty squish; an evil at heart anti-American.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (1jxCA)

151 Speaking of perversion, Big Mike and Obama, just 78 days until the Library of Doom opens.

You can still win tickets or wait to buy tickets in May. Unpaid volunteer sabotage opportunities are probably still available.

I don't know if you get Stormtrooper like uniforms.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (Sco7b)

152 99 Trump should simply add a new immigration rule saying pregnant foreign visitors either cannot visit, or have to leave before they are six months gone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

This is more reasonable than saying the amendment confers citizenship to children born to parents who are here illegally or are sojourners (birth tourism).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (Dv3i1)

153
All numbers must go UP! Upppity up up up. Without more people, things will go bad.

/yeah, that's what a number of idiots think
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)



Because we're a nation of immigrants and white people have no heritage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

154 I am grateful to Black Lives Matter for one thing.

Bodycams

https://youtu.be/KdMHCyOLNjs

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (X/p03)

155 You knew ACB was a massive mistake when McConnel said it was her or no one.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 02, 2026 08:24 AM (RAxGY)
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I missed that quote. Link?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (1jxCA)

156 white people have no heritage."

Heh.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

157 You can still win tickets or wait to buy tickets in May. Unpaid volunteer sabotage opportunities are probably still available.

I don't know if you get Stormtrooper like uniforms.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (Sco7b)



It will be artificially packed upon opening to make Owebama feel good.

In a month, no one will be attending.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

158 I don't know how we edit the 14th Amendment-
the remedy might lie in the phrase 'The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'

This is the infamous phrase “that ate the constitution”. Starting in the 30’s, it’s been used to grant Congress the power to do almost anything it wishes as long as it’s tied to some element of the 14fh.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (0/dnM)

159 Wow I just found something out that has blown my mind but probably won't affect any of you in any way.

There a character "Sharon" on one of my favorite episodes of Three's Company. I watch it at least twice a year. Nice leggy blonde, she's barely in it but nevertheless a big part of the story.

Anyway... Sharon was played by Lana Clarkson who is the girl that Phil Spector murdered in 2003. I had no idea. Never put it together.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (kNAyK)

160 It will be artificially packed upon opening"

/phrasing?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

161 The UAE publishes a daily round up of "intercepts" that reflect Iran's ability to continue to lob ballistic missiles and suicide drones at neighbors.

19 and 28 respectively at the UAE yesterday.

Someone in Iran still has their finger on the proverbial button. Until these numbers drop off to zero, we're going to be engaged offensively. There are several open source sites on the web and accounts on X that track this. It has been trending down, suggesting Iran's exhausting their massive supply of weapons and unable to replace them. At least not quickly.

And there's still two MEU's (Marines) heading to the region. Plus a carrier to relieve the USS Ford.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:33 AM (AkEZC)

162 150 Roberts may at one point have been blackmailed.

But now he's just a lefty squish; an evil at heart anti-American.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:30 AM (1jxCA)

As with damn near everyone else in DC, once you step into the swamp, it never comes off of you.

Posted by: XTC at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (6Uni8)

163 It will be artificially packed upon opening"

/phrasing?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)



Nah. I'm quite sure Owebama has artificial things packing his rectum quite often.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

164 How do lefties reconcile two apparently contradictory ideas that they hold dear:

1. There are way too many people on the planet
2. We need to have MORE people in our country?

I guess the planet as a whole needs a population reduction but at the same time we need to squeeze all the remaining souls into this country? Now I have a headache...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (xT8gx)

165 Today Is National Burrito Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

166 Life imitates art:

Within hours of launching four astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon, its crew reported a glitch in what may have been the most anticipated new creature comfort of their Orion spacecraft: their space toilet.

"The toilet fan is reported to be jammed," NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary. "Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission."

Norm Knight, NASA's director of flight operations, told reporters here at the Kennedy Space Center that the malfunction was due to a controller issue on the toilet. But NASA confirmed astronauts could still use the space commode to poop, just not urinate, though engineers were working to restore it to full service.

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)

167 "Next Rest Area: 238,000 Miles"

Posted by: Sign Along The Trans-Lunar Highway at April 02, 2026 08:35 AM (wn0/z)

168 People who purchase white trucks are getting exactly what they deserve.

Posted by: Truck Dealers of Coler at April 02, 2026 08:36 AM (oY1HT)

169 >Today Is National Burrito Day.

Posted by: redridinghood
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aw man
I made a batch of burritos yesterday
missed it by that><much

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:36 AM (ZxPkt)

170
"The toilet fan is reported to be jammed," NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary. "Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission."



"Build a better mousetrap" they said.

"Throw millions of dollars at it" they said..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

171 How do lefties reconcile two apparently contradictory ideas that they hold dear:

1. There are way too many people on the planet
2. We need to have MORE people in our country?"

That's easy - we're the "too many". The rest are more gooder.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

172 that literally was an episode from The Big Bang Theory

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (ZxPkt)

173 167 "Next Rest Area: 238,000 Miles"
Posted by: Sign Along The Trans-Lunar Highway at April 02, 2026 08:35 AM (wn0/z)
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"Don't Get Mad, Get Glad"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

174 "As with damn near everyone else in DC, once you step into the swamp, it never comes off of you."

Indeed. He who s'ups with The Devil should never have decided to s'up with The Devil.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (DgMqy)

175 "The toilet fan is reported to be jammed," NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary. "Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission."
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Yikes! America sent four astronauts up in what will soon be a septic tank.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (1jxCA)

176 But NASA confirmed astronauts could still use the space commode to poop, just not urinate, though engineers were working to restore it to full service."

Piss off?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

177 Because we're a nation of immigrants and white people have no heritage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


I have heard that quite a lot and I will mock those ignorant souls mercilessly.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 08:38 AM (+4yJ5)

178 Two reasons I'd never want to be an astronaut... I always want to be able to take a dump in privacy and comfort and I want to be able to eat a burrito whenever I please

These two reasons may or may not be connected somehow

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:38 AM (xT8gx)

179 "Throw millions of dollars at it" they said.........."

Well, that would clog it.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

180 I think 4 Astronauts are going to learn how to shit in a bag in zero-G.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (AkEZC)

181 "The toilet fan is reported to be jammed"

DO NOT GO IN THERE

WHOOOOOO

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (DgMqy)

182 Today is also Holy Thursday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (z6vIg)

183 176 But NASA confirmed astronauts could still use the space commode to poop, just not urinate, though engineers were working to restore it to full service."

Piss off?
----------------
So, a three hour tour?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (n17eQ)

184 84 The 56-year old Khamenei has on Wednesday apparently broken his silence again, this time praising Hezbollah for joining the suicidal war against Israel with major martyrdom operations.
Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 08:10 AM (OKKmJ)

The handwritten note slipped under the door with this statement concluded by saying “no I’m alive! Really I am! I just need a lot of me time right now.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (0/dnM)

185 But NASA confirmed astronauts could still use the space commode to poop, just not urinate, though engineers were working to restore it to full service.

So do they just have to go outside to pee then?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

186 I think 4 Astronauts are going to learn how to shit in a bag in zero-G.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (AkEZC)
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Finally our city has a chance to shine!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

187 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:34 AM (xT8gx)

They don't reconcile anything. Every thought is brand new. Every day a new chance to spread communism.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (kNAyK)

188 The toilet fan is reported to be jammed"

That's not a fan, is it. More of a "blender"?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (XuXeR)

189 Can't they just piss in a cup and toss it out the window?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (n17eQ)

190 175 "The toilet fan is reported to be jammed," NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary. "Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission."
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Yikes! America sent four astronauts up in what will soon be a septic tank.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 08:37 AM (1jxCA)

After power is disconnected, I'd hate to be the astronaut with the tiniest hands.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:40 AM (Sco7b)

191 Always have heard it called Maundy Thursday, which as a wee lad I thought was Monday Thursday. Last Supper day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (0/dnM)

192 So it's a toilet thread?

Posted by: Just got here at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

193 Adam Carolla's Rules for the Bathroom Door
Closed - do not enter
Open - enter
Ajar - enter with caution

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

194 So, a three hour tour?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 08:39 AM (n17eQ)

Hope Ginger and Mary Ann are along…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (xT8gx)

195 Just got here

Once the trolls arrive, it is.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

196 >>>>Oh yeah! You really got me!
Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:19 AM (UqSya)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/9X6e7uctAww

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>True Story: David Lee Roth was never the same after he ruptured his pelvis during the recording of that music video.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (UqSya)

197 So it's a toilet thread?"

Well, 159 tried to make it a boob thread...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

198 24 Not sure with DJT's previous supreme court picks that I trust him to make a few more before he leaves. If he has to do it, he might want to do it before November when we lose both the house and senate.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 02, 2026 07:37 AM (BCuCF)


--

I would nominate Hameed Dillon or Judge Jimene! Both ladies are firecrackers and could make short work of the 2 milk toast women judges. The other 2 women judges ( Haven and Soteyer) are really innocuous.

Posted by: . Chillin the most at April 02, 2026 08:43 AM (Sv8TC)

199 182 Today is also Holy Thursday.

Amen.

"Pope Leo XIV will mark Holy Thursday with a powerful return to tradition, choosing to wash the feet of twelve priests during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, a gesture rich in theological meaning and deeply rooted in the Church’s history."

He got something right.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 02, 2026 08:43 AM (DgMqy)

200 Adam Carolla's Rules for the Bathroom Door
Closed - do not enter
Open - enter
Ajar - enter with caution
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

Cousin to the rule: If the van’s a rockin’ don’t go a knockin’!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:43 AM (xT8gx)

201 They don't reconcile anything. Every thought is brand new. Every day a new chance to spread communism.

Here is how a conversation along this line with the left goes...

Lefty: People in America use too much energy, too many goods, and too much stuff. They need to learn to live like the rest of the world - simply and at peace with nature. US living standards are literally killing the world.

Me: But if you bring large numbers of immigrants to the US they will then adopt US living standards which you said are literally killing the world making everything worse right?

Lefty: Why do you have brown people so much you racist?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)

202 201,

Yep.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

203 I understand needing a vent fan in the bathroom, but good thing it’s blocked. Just think of how much air they’d lose.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:44 AM (0/dnM)

204 >>>Can't they just piss in a cup and toss it out the window?

Posted by: pudinhead

>Piss in a gatorade bottle and keep on trucking!

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:45 AM (UqSya)

205 18-1

I have used that argument against Leftists for years. Gaia weeps cuts no ice with them. They want slaves.

Unlearned and proud leftists can not be persuaded with logic or reason.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

206 We haven't pretended to go to the moon in a long time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 08:46 AM (52ERr)

207 I understand needing a vent fan in the bathroom, but good thing it’s blocked. Just think of how much air they’d lose.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:44 AM (0/dnM)



I just can't help but envisioning the contraption from The Simpsons when in Australia to reverse the swirl of the toilet flush.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

208 204 >>>Can't they just piss in a cup and toss it out the window?

Posted by: pudinhead

I thought urine was recyled into drinking water.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 08:46 AM (Sco7b)

209 Mornin’, All. Just popping in quickly. MP4, if you are here, Sarah Hoyt is promoting one of your Theda Bara mysteries on Instapundit.

Posted by: Bulg at April 02, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

210 I never knew maundy came from the same origin as command and mandate. Of course.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 08:47 AM (kNAyK)

211 Our elites want us to lose. Best thing Kurt Schlichter's written.

https://tinyurl.com/2y8mcpef

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 02, 2026 08:47 AM (fZiTB)

212 Boss Moss

A casualty in the life support equipment is a caution flag. I worry there will be a push for TLI, despite this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

213 We haven't pretended to go to the moon in a long time.The Brits think we shouldn't. We might colonize it.

/yeah. We might replace the current occupants...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

214 So, they send 4 astronauts to go several times around the moon and back but they can't go to the bathroom. Is this the motto of NASA?

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 08:48 AM (Oy/m2)

215 I'm going on the record

'Birthright citizenship' stays
5-4, maybe even 6-3
you can say you knew me back when, when it comes down
--
This isn't an attack on you just ....
When people say the media doesn't have power, this is the anti-proof.

They've so saturated the coverage on this, so overwhelmed all discourse, that pretty much everyone, even conservatives are in a gloom the issue is lost.

This is not the court that created gay marriage--this is the one that overturned Roe.
This is not the court that denied TX v. PA--this is the court that overturned Chevron.

Look at all the recent rulings: None of those point to a court afraid to make major rulings, even against decades and decades of "it's always been this way."

To grant cert, there had to be 4 votes.
4 who say the current reading is wrong (or needs clarified).
(Unless you want to assume one of the 3 liberals wanted to risk the Court hearing the case?)
4 votes in favor of something less than now; unlimited automatic citizenship.
3 in favor of keeping it the same.
1 who will rule it must change but the EO is wrong.
1 who will rule it it must change but not retroactive.
=
6 votes ending BRC + new EO needed

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 08:48 AM (HXT0k)

216 I thought urine was recyled into drinking water.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care


You're thinking of the Stillsuits from Dune. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 08:48 AM (+4yJ5)

217 I think there are photos of the "space toilet." IIRC it's in a "closet" and is obscenely complicated to use. Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (AkEZC)

218 Is this the motto of NASA?
Posted by: dantesed

No, that is now graft for and from the sub-contractors, ignore Space-X, and help minorities to succeed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

219 We haven't pretended to go to the moon in a long time.The Brits think we shouldn't. We might colonize it.

/yeah. We might replace the current occupants...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

I saw a post on Nextdoor just this morning with someone asking "Who thinks this Artemis thing is real?" Nextdoor is something else...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (xT8gx)

220 How do lefties reconcile two apparently contradictory ideas that they hold dear
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They don't. Their beliefs aren't based on logic or reasoning.

This is why there's no reasoning with them.

The core of the left is weaponized retardation.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 02, 2026 08:50 AM (s+56Y)

221 Lana Clarkson

Roger Corman's "Barbarian Queen II."

Beautiful woman.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 08:50 AM (qFwJc)

222 Why poop in a toilet?

Fill your pants and Jill will clean it for you.

It's like being a cat, only better.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 02, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

223 >>>So, they send 4 astronauts to go several times around the moon and back but they can't go to the bathroom. Is this the motto of NASA?

Posted by: dantesed

>A billion dollar shitter so they can finance the war in Ukraine.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:50 AM (UqSya)

224 So, they send 4 astronauts to go several times around the moon and back but they can't go to the bathroom. Is this the motto of NASA?
Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 08:48 AM (Oy/m2)

*space billboard*

Only 400,000 miles to Buc-ee's. You can hold it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)

225 Martini Farmer

I volunteer to research the NASASutra.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

226 Is there really a toilet issue?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 08:51 AM (eZ5tL)

227 I think there are photos of the "space toilet." IIRC it's in a "closet" and is obscenely complicated to use. Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (AkEZC)



I just want to know who drew the short straw and has to bang the broad so they can further study the effects of weightlessness on sperm travel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

228 Oh do I hope that Trump pulls us out of NATO. I do wonder whether a prez has the authority to unilaterally pull us out or does congress have to agree? I know congress has to ratify treaties but that's getting in... who gets to decide about getting out?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

229 Only 400,000 miles to Buc-ee's. You can hold it!"

So, "Buc-ee's on The Moon"?

Suck it, Gil Scott-Heron.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

230 >So it's a toilet thread?

Posted by: Just got here
---

I may have accidentally started some shit

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

231 Based on the "stolen land" rules the left claims the US owns the moon since we were their first.

And we are allowed to do *anything* to any other colonizers that go there...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

232
I may have accidentally started some shit
Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)



Heh. Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

233 >>>I think there are photos of the "space toilet." IIRC it's in a "closet" and is obscenely complicated to use. Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

>What happened to diapers? Wasn't that stalker bitch wearing a diaper?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:53 AM (UqSya)

234 I do wonder whether a prez has the authority to unilaterally pull us out or does congress have to agree"

There are quite a few hoops in the way... all designed to keep us there, regardless of our best interests.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

235 Based on the "stolen land" rules the left claims the US owns the moon since we were their first.

And we are allowed to do *anything* to any other colonizers that go there...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)



I am in the camp that believes we're doing all this because China said they wanted to and we're preventing them from ruining Earth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

236 I would nominate Hameed Dillon or Judge Jimene! Both ladies are firecrackers and could make short work of the 2 milk toast women judges. The other 2 women judges ( Haven and Soteyer) are really innocuous.
Posted by: . Chillin the most at April 02, 2026 08:43 AM (Sv8TC)
*******
I love Judge Jeanine, but she's only 1 year younger than Alito.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

237 Sounds more like a potty fan issue.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 08:54 AM (52ERr)

238 LinusVanPelt

We will simply reduce our footprint and prepositioned supplies. Less rotations of Army troops to the Baltics, for example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

239 In every group outing / adventure away from home, there's that one person who stop up the toilet within hours of getting the room.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (wVcYX)

240 I might be jaded but as someone who grew up with the war on tv, every night, for YEARS, I remain amazed at how so many people piss themselves when hostilities extend beyond a few weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

241 Kid in the backseat; "I have to poop."
Parent in front seat; "Can you hold it?"
Kid; "Nope, it's coming out!" Sobbing commences
Parent; "If I have to turn this goddamn car around...!!"
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ArtemisII; "Houston, we have a problem"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (AkEZC)

242 I have a suggestion. Why not get 1 or 2 Evangelical Protestants on the Supreme Court? Or is that simply an absurd proposition?

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (pDt9x)

243 I thought the Bush was already in the middle east.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (52ERr)

244 Based on the "stolen land" rules the left claims the US owns the moon since we were their first."

Last 1/3 of a century: " yeah, the US can claim the Moon, but no one's going there because *fill in the blank*

Recently: "OMG! We're going to the MOON??? NOOOOOO"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

245 I think in the past, changes in immigration law usually do not affect previous years.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (eZ5tL)

246 IIANM, there is a treaty whereby no country can claim the Moon.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)

247 again, Caveman here

but wasn't the intent of the 14th to grant citizenship to freed slaves?
Posted by: Don Black


Actuly, to correct previous bad SCROTUS decision that slaves were not citizen-citizens.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (Li9FJ)

248 I thought the Bush was already in the middle east.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (52ERr)



They wipe their ass with their bare hand. I would guess they haven't discovered the art of shaving.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

249 In every group outing / adventure away from home, there's that one person who stop up the toilet within hours of getting the room.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (wVcYX)
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It's always a chick.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

250 I have a suggestion. Why not get 1 or 2 Evangelical Protestants on the Supreme Court? Or is that simply an absurd proposition?

Or...8 or 9 non-lawyers.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

251 Why not get 1 or 2 Evangelical Protestants on the Supreme Court? "

How many of those are in Ivy League Law Skrools?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)

252
====
It's always a chick.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)



This is about me, isn't it.......

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 02, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

253 I thought the Bush was already in the middle east."

Floating Bush or Burning Bush?

/heh

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

254 It's a shame taco bell or chipotle didn't provide subsidies to the space program in exchange for advertising and product promotion.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:57 AM (UqSya)

255 228 Oh do I hope that Trump pulls us out of NATO. I do wonder whether a prez has the authority to unilaterally pull us out or does congress have to agree? I know congress has to ratify treaties but that's getting in... who gets to decide about getting out?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

Legally Congress has to do it. But the President can talk trash and piss off the rest of them so much that it falls apart whether Congress likes it or not

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 08:57 AM (0/dnM)

256 Boss Moss

Still transiting the Atlantic. That is at least a week, unless the task force speed is ramped up. Full speed across is uneconomical. We don't have the spare oilers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

257 Go Integrity!

In case you missed it, the name given to the Orion spacecraft launched yesterday is Integrity. Blah. I did not know this until I heard mission control use the name yesterday, when radioing the crew. Even NASA seems embarrassed by the name some lame committee chose, because they never used it any before launch. Sad.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 08:58 AM (5rh/l)

258 We don't have the spare oilers."

*cajun navy perks up*

How 'bout some guys w/ 3 in 1 oil?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)

259 The aircraft carrier. It is hastying back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 08:59 AM (52ERr)

260 Carriers have to go slow so the escorts can keep up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:00 AM (52ERr)

261 It is hastying back."

Don't be hasty...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

262 So, they send 4 astronauts to go several times around the moon and back but they can't go to the bathroom. Is this the motto of NASA?

We're space administrators, not plumbers, Jim!

Posted by: Doc NASA at April 02, 2026 09:00 AM (wn0/z)

263 And of course there are people complaining about Artemis because "That money could be spent on feeding minorities!!!"

I replied that we can multitask without problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 09:00 AM (+4yJ5)

264 The USN is desperate to get the Ford battlegroup back to the US. Those long deployments translate into less reenlistments, and a lot more repairs to the ship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 09:00 AM (u82oZ)

265 China Debuts Iran Peace Plan: ‘Cease Hostilities,’ Begin Peace Talks (that Are Already Happening), Respect the U.N.

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Respect the UN? Yeah, that ship has sailed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:01 AM (ndZc7)

266 247 again, Caveman here

but wasn't the intent of the 14th to grant citizenship to freed slaves?
Posted by: Don Black
---------------
Yep. All of these immigration rules stem from instituting special protections to American black slaves and their children. No one ever said they were not Americans. Now, suddenly, anyone asshole that shows up is an American. Its all Yankee Bullshit.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 09:01 AM (n17eQ)

267 Is the moon "stolen land" ?
Who are the moon's indigenous peoples ?

Will Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Charles “Pete” Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene “Gene” Cernan, and Harrison “Jack” Schmitt get rent money from those who follow ? .. or will only Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin be entitled ?
.. or will they all have to pay a storage fee for leaving those 6 lower stages of the LEMs on the moon ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

268 Iranian Drone Strike Destroys British Oil Facility.

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How's that cowardice thing working out for you?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:02 AM (ndZc7)

269 242 I have a suggestion. Why not get 1 or 2 Evangelical Protestants on the Supreme Court? Or is that simply an absurd proposition?
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (pDt9x)

James Ho would be a good choice. But the deep state uniparty senators *hate* evangelicals.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (0/dnM)

270 And of course there are people complaining about Artemis because "That money could be spent on feeding minorities!!!"

So, it's the 70's again?

Where are the low rise/high leg shorts and halter tops? And Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Oakland Coliseum?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

271 Does that mean BP Amoco?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (52ERr)

272 258 We don't have the spare oilers."

*cajun navy perks up*

How 'bout some guys w/ 3 in 1 oil?
Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)


Gavin Newsom's head in an Uncle Fester winepresser...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (x0n13)

273 Elsewhere, we shot a black dude into space to orbit the moon. Yay, us...

Was it Obama? I note you didn't mention a plan for him to return.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (ycI94)

274 the name given to the Orion spacecraft launched yesterday is Integrity. ... Even NASA seems embarrassed by the name some lame committee chose, because they never used it any before launch. Sad.

You know they wanted to name it Diversity.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (ScG/9)

275 Because we're a nation of immigrants and white people have no heritage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I have heard that quite a lot and I will mock those ignorant souls mercilessly.
Posted by: NR Pax

Once you have lived in a house with electricity and AC a dung hut is no longer "culture".

Posted by: Operator Error at April 02, 2026 09:04 AM (Li9FJ)

276 translate into less reenlistments,"

"fewer"

/heh

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

277 No more Hos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:04 AM (52ERr)

278 269 242 I have a suggestion. Why not get 1 or 2 Evangelical Protestants on the Supreme Court? Or is that simply an absurd proposition?
Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (pDt9x)

James Ho would be a good choice. But the deep state uniparty senators *hate* evangelicals.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (0/dnM)

Maybe that’s it, just revulsion for “them”. Just an icky declasse bunch.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 09:04 AM (pDt9x)

279 It's always a chick.

Funny story. I was visiting my son and family. DiL's son from first marriage has a girlfriend. Girlfriend tried to flush a feminine napkin down the toilet. Off to Home Depot to get a small snake. Extracted said blockage.

I mentioned to the DiL that the young lady should be taught to put the thing in the wastebasket. Don't they come with little bags for that?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 09:05 AM (qFwJc)

280 Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (AkEZC)


Humans have gone to the bathroom in space many times over the decades. There's no proof, however, that they've ever engaged in sexy times.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

281 They stopped up the toilet on National Burrito Day?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:05 AM (52ERr)

282 ArtemisII; "Houston, we have a problem"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (AkEZC)

"Houston, turtle, turtle, turtle".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 09:05 AM (N39Ws)

283 So, we launched a faulty shithouse into space?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 09:06 AM (n17eQ)

284 Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.
----

gravity is key

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)

285 With the Artemis II toilet issue, who would you pity more? The 4 ass-tronauts who have to live in that orbiting septic tank, or the poor bastard that opens the hatch once they splash down?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (N39Ws)

286 I wish they had a toilet sponsored by Taco Bell, and every time anyone opened the lid they’d see a picture of the Taco Bell Chihuahua on the underside, and a speaker would play “Yo Quiero Taco Bell!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (0/dnM)

287 *types* *deletes tasteless joke about future SCOTUS oral arguments featuring healings, snake handling, speaking in tongues, and altar calls*

Truly tasteless and inappropriate. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (wVcYX)

288 Does that mean BP Amoco?"

Castrol, IIRC. Plus it's close to the border...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

289 233 >>>I think there are photos of the "space toilet." IIRC it's in a "closet" and is obscenely complicated to use. Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer



But remember, we already did all this 60 years ago using a Commodore 64 computer when we went to the moon.

We just accidentally threw out all the old files on how to do it, so we are having to re-learn it all.

Trust me, bro. We've got moon rocks and shit that prove it.

Posted by: Ridiculous at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (aMYJB)

290 Gravity is our friend.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (qFwJc)

291 Saw a new argument from the left (with claims that ACB agrees) that it is the child and not the parents that 'subject to jurisdiction' applies.

So I'm wondering, if a Russian couple has a child in Houston and then wants to return with the child back to Russia, whether Texas can say, hold up, you can't take a vulnerable US citizen back to a 'hostile' Russia. Parents sue Texas and win in US Supreme court (maybe even getting Russian consulate involved) and remove the newly minted US citizen back to Russia. Was the child ever 'subject to the jurisdiction' of Texas?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (Dv3i1)

292 Why can't they land on the moon and use the bathroom there??

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (Oy/m2)

293 once they splash down?"

Ok, that's funny right there.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

294 We planted the Flag. The moon is ours. That's the rule.

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)

295 NASA space toilets have a long history of not working when a design is first used in space. Why Orion management did not simply copy the ISS toilet design is beyond me. Other than LockMart padding its profits by convincing a dumb NASA manager to let them design a new toilet, my best guess is the Astronaut Office demanded some better features and performance than the ISS toilet. If so, and I believe it to be so, the four crew are getting the crappy result of what previous astronauts demanded. I can't help but laugh.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (5rh/l)

296 Sam Alito bashed in birthright citizenship case: "Alito is arguing that foreign impressment somehow undermines our sovereignty and the Constitution," noted constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis. "The Founding generation would throw rotten food at him in the streets for such a statement."

He votes to spite Democrats bc he like Trump is fueled by bribes and hatred. We need to stack the courts and make these maga traitors irrelevant.

The argument that things are different today so we can ignore the Constitution would not be a good precedent to set for preserving the 2nd Amendment.

Alito may vote against trump on this one. At one point, Alito was stating a position favorable to the ACLU's case. The ACLU atty misunderstood and pushed back until Justice Barret chimed in to clarify what Alito was saying. Then, the ACLU atty relented and agreed that the Alito statement was correct.

I’ve said this before on this forum and I will say it again: I know people who know Alito from church. Every single one of them says he is and always has been a pompous asshole. I repeat: these are people who know him from CHURCH.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (ycI94)

297 287 *types* *deletes tasteless joke about future SCOTUS oral arguments featuring healings, snake handling, speaking in tongues, and altar calls*

Truly tasteless and inappropriate. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 09:07 AM (wVcYX)

Heh. Appreciated, but probably close to the mark concerning the Elites attitudes about us.

Posted by: tubal at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (pDt9x)

298 Oh do I hope that Trump pulls us out of NATO. I do wonder whether a prez has the authority to unilaterally pull us out or does congress have to agree? I know congress has to ratify treaties but that's getting in... who gets to decide about getting out?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)


The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act bars the president from suspending, terminating, or withdrawing from NATO without authorization.

Now... I wonder why the Republican held Congress felt the need to pass that legislation in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

299 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Meanwhile in Seattle… (repeat offender)

https://tinyurl.com/5hyw3mm6

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

300 excuse me but it's a zero gravity waste disposal system

Posted by: Don Black at April 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ZxPkt)

301 Sea of Tranquility changed to the Trump Sea.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (52ERr)

302 What Happens If States Start Codifying Muslim Holidays In Their Calendars?

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Headchopper holidays?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (ndZc7)

303 Hopefully, all the astronauts were equipped with butt plugs.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (n17eQ)

304
I’ve said this before on this forum and I will say it again: I know people who know Alito from church. Every single one of them says he is and always has been a pompous asshole. I repeat: these are people who know him from CHURCH.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 09:08 AM (ycI94)



I would bet that there's NO ONE on Reddit that knows anyone that attends church. A Christian church, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

305 What? No exaust port?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (52ERr)

306 I might be jaded but as someone who grew up with the war on tv, every night, for YEARS, I remain amazed at how so many people piss themselves when hostilities extend beyond a few weeks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)


We live in a TikTok society. Anything which lasts beyond 45 seconds causes anxiety.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 02, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

307 Maybe it's just me but, if I worked with a woman whose husband proved to be a cross-dressing freak, I'd roast her unmercifully every chance I got.

Right or wrong, I know how I am.
Posted by: Tonypete
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What happened to banging that thing like a screen door in a hurricane?!? The encuckening! It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 02, 2026 09:11 AM (JNTt1)

308 The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act bars the president from suspending, terminating, or withdrawing from NATO without authorization."

Sort of. Well, not really. That is one of the methods possible. It can also be the call of various department heads, and of course the votes of other members...

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

309 263 And of course there are people complaining about Artemis because "That money could be spent on feeding minorities!!!"
_____

Claw back the money stolen by the Minnesomalians first, then we can talk.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:11 AM (Dv3i1)

310 New DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, the local sheriff’s office said Wednesday.

Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing Halloween night 51 years ago after she left a party alone to go to a convenience store. About a month later, her body was found by hikers on the side of a highway in American Fork Canyon. Aime was bound, beaten and without clothing. Authorities said the evidence indicated that she had likely been kept alive for several days after her abduction.

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

311 In space they are all floaters.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:11 AM (52ERr)

312 I just want to see pictures of the moon bases on the far side of the moon.

And if I was up there knowing all of Earth was listening, I'd be too tempted to say out loud "What is that? It's coming closer! What the hell! Get away from me! Nasa! Help! Get away from me!"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 09:12 AM (Sco7b)

313 263 And of course there are people complaining about Artemis because "That money could be spent on feeding minorities!!!"

Are they not feeding the space-e-man crew?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)

314 To grant cert, there had to be 4 votes.
4 who say the current reading is wrong (or needs clarified).
(Unless you want to assume one of the 3 liberals wanted to risk the Court hearing the case?)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 08:48 AM (HXT0k)

Why does no one assume that the four women could have wanted to enshrine birthright citizenship into settled law? Why is the assumption that whomever wanted to hear the case could only want to do so to strike it down?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 09:12 AM (FmapG)

315 excuse me but it's a zero gravity waste disposal system"

Have you seen the size of some high carb... loads? They've got their own planets!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)

316 Uncle Eddie figured out how to handle waste while travelling over 40 years ago and he didn't seem all that bright.

Posted by: Winnie Bago at April 02, 2026 09:12 AM (oY1HT)

317 @EndWokeness
Meanwhile in Seattle… (repeat offender)

https://tinyurl.com/5hyw3mm6
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)




I pray for nurse ratched every day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

318 "What is that? It's coming closer! What the hell! Get away from me! Nasa! Help! Get away from me!"

DOOODTY!

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

319 Oh, I'm sorry callers. That music means we're all out of time for this week's show. Tune in next week for another intriguing episode of Toilet Talk on this and many other NPR stations. Brought to you by American Standard, The Ford Foundation, and Viewers Like You.

Posted by: Mellifluous Narrator Voice at April 02, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

320 I’ve said this before on this forum and I will say it again: I know people who know Alito from church. Every single one of them says he is and always has been a pompous asshole. I repeat: these are people who know him from CHURCH.
____

He KNEELS after the Agnus Dei!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)

321 Oil at $115
Are we tired of winning?
Posted by: The way it is at April 02, 2026 09:14 AM (XLzvK)



FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

322 If we can't jettison a fecal mass into deep space without technical difficulties, have we really placed this space program into a proper perspective?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 09:15 AM (UqSya)

323 What does $115 oil translate to in California?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:15 AM (52ERr)

324 What does $115 oil translate to in California?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:15 AM (52ERr)



$7.75 a gallon

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

325
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

The US trade balance just came in BETTER THAN EXPECTED, the 2026 trade deficit is now down -55% PERCENT versus the same time period last year

Weekly jobless claims also better than expected

https://tinyurl.com/ssm43buf
LFG! Experts lose!

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

326 274 the name given to the Orion spacecraft launched yesterday is Integrity. ... Even NASA seems embarrassed by the name some lame committee chose, because they never used it any before launch. Sad.

You know they wanted to name it Diversity.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2026 09:03 AM (ScG/9)


Ugh. That no doubt will be the name given to a future Orion. Probably to the one used for the first Artemis moon landing mission. Unless the Trumpinator stops NASA from doing it.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (5rh/l)

327 I would bet that there's NO ONE on Reddit that knows anyone that attends church. A Christian church, anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

A comrade who posts in r/transpeoplehatingtrump swore his evil right-wing parents are the ones that go to church with Alito to pray to Sky Daddy Jesus. And I believe xim!

Posted by: TDS afflicted Reddit Queerdo at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (ycI94)

328 308 The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act bars the president from suspending, terminating, or withdrawing from NATO without authorization."

Sort of. Well, not really. That is one of the methods possible. It can also be the call of various department heads, and of course the votes of other members...
Posted by: man

Does a President still have some leeway as Commander in Chief to relocate bases (say to Central Europe or back home)?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)

329 At 9 g's, my O-cup breasteses would feel like a quarter ton on my chest, crushing the life out of me. No space travel for me, thanks.

Posted by: Summer Robert at April 02, 2026 09:17 AM (wVcYX)

330 323 If we can't jettison a fecal mass into deep space without technical difficulties, have we really placed this space program into a proper perspective?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 09:15 AM (UqSya

Perhaps NASA fears the memes of "throwing feces out of the window". It may affect funding.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 09:17 AM (Sco7b)

331 Oil at $115
Are we tired of winning?"

Nope. And Brent's lower than early March. Don't let reality hit you in the ass.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

332 How much of Reddit is bots?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 02, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

333 321 I’ve said this before on this forum and I will say it again: I know people who know Alito from church. Every single one of them says he is and always has been a pompous asshole. I repeat: these are people who know him from CHURCH.
____

He KNEELS after the Agnus Dei!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)

As we've learned with Trump, if he's OUR asshole, who cares? Probably means folks won't try to cross him or come after him...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 02, 2026 09:18 AM (tOcjL)

334 1: I would take Phillip Hamburger on the Supreme Court. His book "Is Administrative Law Unlawful" is a masterpiece of undermining bloated government.

2: how do you poop without peeing?

Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (V9pbl)

335
320 Oil at $115
Are we tired of winning?
Posted by: The way it is at April 02, 2026 09:14 AM (XLzvK)

Since the US is a net exporter of hydrocarbons, then yes, the US is benefiting a great deal from this. Who’s is being crushed? Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba. Russia would be benefiting but the Ukes are doing too good a job at destroying many of their critical facilities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (0/dnM)

336 Based on the "stolen land" rules the left claims the US owns the moon since we were their first.

And we are allowed to do *anything* to any other colonizers that go there...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

Stealing from white people is fine, expected even. So it's different.

Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (kNAyK)

337 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

338 2: how do you poop without peeing?

Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (V9pbl)

My dog does it all the time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (FmapG)

339 What does $115 oil translate to in California?"

Not a thing. Now gasoline production in Korea...

*you know, an enterprising reporter person might ask about the $$ differences in CARB vs Non CARB areas. Or not...*

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)

340 317 @EndWokeness
Meanwhile in Seattle… (repeat offender)
Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

I pray for nurse ratched every day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Lex Luthor's plan to sink the West coast doesn't look so bad anymore, does it. Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

Posted by: Based Lord Farquaad at April 02, 2026 09:20 AM (ycI94)

341 Lex Luthor's plan to sink the West coast doesn't look so bad anymore, does it."

I'll have Otisburg.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

342 The Sacramento Bee
@sacbee_news

Eric Swalwell’s finances show cash crunch, delayed taxes, $400,000 childcare tab

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

343 I learned that reading Reddit or dem underground is bad for my BP and I lose IQ points as well. I don’t read them anymore…. I can’t afford any more increases in BP or decreases in IQ (which would put me in Mazie Hirano territory)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 09:21 AM (/iXAp)

344 We'll be discussing stolen lands at our meeting tonight.
Come join us. 7 PM at the Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at April 02, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

345 @sacbee_news

Eric Swalwell’s finances show cash crunch, delayed taxes, $400,000 childcare tab
Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)



Oh PLEASE let that dude crash and burn in epic fashion.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

346 $7.75 a gallon
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 02, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

And here I was annoyed yesterday that I had to pay $3.49

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2026 09:22 AM (0/dnM)

347 Only 25 % of California's Medicaid is fraud.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:22 AM (52ERr)

348 Eric Swalwell’s finances show cash crunch, delayed taxes"

WTF are "delayed taxes" and how do I get some?

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:22 AM (XuXeR)

349 Maybe it's just me but, if I worked with a woman whose husband proved to be a cross-dressing freak, I'd roast her unmercifully every chance I got.

-
From the Bee.

Kristi Noem Asks Husband If There's Anything He Needs To Get Off His Chest

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

350 Tax Futures?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 02, 2026 09:23 AM (52ERr)

351 330 At 9 g's, my O-cup breasteses would feel like a quarter ton on my chest, crushing the life out of me. No space travel for me, thanks.
Posted by: Summer Robert

On the other hand, Kate Upton did a Zero-G photo shoot and video, and it was spectacular...
https://tinyurl.com/2p9z894u

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 02, 2026 09:23 AM (ycI94)

352 One thing that was almost not discussed at all yesterday at Court, was "should those who illegally enter be granted citizenship?"

Both side agree those here lawfully and not specifically excluded are citizens.

All the questions, and all the moaning of doom from the right, focus on why there were so many questions on generally, "should grant citizenship to all these--other--broad categories?" which has the implied "who are here legally but not a specifically excluded category?"

See, sometimes, it's the questions that get the least debate before the judge that decides the case:
No one actually argued illegals should be citizens; it was all focused on those who have some sort of legal status to be here.

It was all on other categories not specifically addressed by the 14th:
A says, we draw the line at lawful residents.
B says, we draw the line at merely being here. (Pretending it doesn't mean illegals as well.)

But all the questions were: "how do we determine how someone is lawfully here, "subject to the jurisdiction thereof?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (HXT0k)

353 $400,000 childcare tab???

You got to be kidding me?

Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

354 233 >>>I think there are photos of the "space toilet." IIRC it's in a "closet" and is obscenely complicated to use. Apparently, going to the bathroom in space is going to be the single most challenging obstacle mankind will face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

>What happened to diapers? Wasn't that stalker bitch wearing a diaper?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 08:53 AM (UqSya)


They only wear the diapers when they can't use the toilet. When suited-up in pressure suits for launch and entry, and during long space operations that require full attention of all the crew.

This because the diapers are heavier and require more of the precious storage volume than the back-up plastic bags.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

355 On the other hand, Kate Upton did a Zero-G photo shoot and video, and it was spectacular...
https://tinyurl.com/2p9z894u"

You're a Great American.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (XuXeR)

356 >>>Perhaps NASA fears the memes of "throwing feces out of the window". It may affect funding.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care

>It's not like it will cling to the solar panels. It will be an icicle before it gets that far.

Don't the airlines jettison blue ice into flyover country on a regular basis?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (UqSya)

357 If we can't jettison a fecal mass into deep space without technical difficulties, have we really placed this space program into a proper perspective?

Recall the movie Spaceballs, where Lone Star "jams" Spaceball One? The thought of jettisoned space ship space sh** in that context is haunting.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 02, 2026 09:25 AM (N39Ws)

358 This because the diapers are heavier"

Tell me about it.

/JillB

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)

359 $400,000 childcare tab???

You got to be kidding me?


One potential explanation - he has a nanny/mistress. Bill Clinton had one of these back in the day and they can get pricey apparently

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2026 09:25 AM (sKqQm)

360 "Only 25% of California's Medicaid is fraud"

And of the remainder, only about a third goes to salaries and overhead!

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 09:26 AM (zG4BR)

361 400,000 childcare tab???

You got to be kidding me?
Posted by: dantesed at April 02, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)
*****
Isn't that what The View's, Sunny Hostin said that childcare costs the other day. lol.
Sounds very fishy.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

362 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 02, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

363 343 I learned that reading Reddit or dem underground is bad for my BP and I lose IQ points as well. I don’t read them anymore…. I can’t afford any more increases in BP or decreases in IQ (which would put me in Mazie Hirano territory)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I understand. For me, watching videos of smug Seattle and Portland leftists getting away with absolutely degenerate behavior, and smirking because they know they're untouchable, fills me with incandescent rage.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 09:28 AM (ycI94)

364 BTW, don't forget the old "judge" joke...

What do you call the "D" students in Law School?

"Your Honor"

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:28 AM (XuXeR)

365 Reddit has a lot of fun non-political subreddits.

UnresolvedMysteries is pretty addictive if you're into that kind of thing.

Posted by: Delurker at April 02, 2026 09:28 AM (gtcuf)

366 Donovan addressed this issue some years ago.

https://is.gd/A5g5Ul

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 02, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)

367 > $400,000 childcare tab
---------
He puts his kids in Somali daycare?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 02, 2026 09:28 AM (AkEZC)

368 I love the "chaos" argument regarding the end of Birthright citizenship by some of the "justices." We can't do that it would cause chaos !!!. Of course they didn't care about the chaos they caused by telling the President you can't have tariffs... Pay it back...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 02, 2026 09:29 AM (YJFbC)

369 @marcportermagee
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation did a 50-state survey of Americans' civic knowledge in 2019.

Men out-performed women in every state by a large amount.
___

*runs out*

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 02, 2026 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)

370 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

371 Reddit has a lot of fun non-political subreddits.

I've gotten a lot of useful info out of very niche, specific subreddits. Games, hobbies, etc. Broader things get overwhelmed with politics, however.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 09:30 AM (ycI94)

372 $400,000 childcare tab
---------
He puts his kids in Somali daycare?"

That'll lear 'em.

Posted by: man at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)

373 Why Bruce Springsteen Isn’t Changing Hearts or Minds

Because he's old people music. Not unlike why no one really cared when Neil Young demanded that Spotify remove his music.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (+4yJ5)

374 Chuck Martel

Just imagine the consternation if only posting Morons were polled for a week.

Instead, they ask people on landlines. Landlines!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

375 UnresolvedMysteries is pretty addictive if you're into that kind of thing.
Posted by: Delurker

There's one of dashcams that is wild.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 02, 2026 09:31 AM (ycI94)

376 The Power of the Spoken Word of Our Dear Leader
Oil speaks 10% to $113

Posted by: Paul at April 02, 2026 09:32 AM (Ts12Y)

377 There a character "Sharon" on one of my favorite episodes of Three's Company. I watch it at least twice a year. Nice leggy blonde, she's barely in it but nevertheless a big part of the story.

Anyway... Sharon was played by Lana Clarkson who is the girl that Phil Spector murdered in 2003. I had no idea. Never put it together.
Posted by: ... at April 02, 2026 08:32 AM (kNAyK)

Plenty of, uh, nice pictures out there of her in her prime. She had nice.....legs.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (5xuJ/)

378 Isn't that what The View's, Sunny Hostin said that childcare costs the other day. lol.
Sounds very fishy.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 02, 2026 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

I don't think it does, honestly.

I spent more on daycare than I spent on my mortgage, and it wasn't particularly close. I got a $37,000 functional raise when they were in school instead of daycare.

I don't live in DC and didn't go to Montessori or anything like that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 09:36 AM (FmapG)

379 Oh. Shit.

$400,000, not $40,000.

I COMPLETELY missed a zero.

Yes. Fishy as hell.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 02, 2026 09:37 AM (FmapG)

380 I would take Phillip Hamburger on the Supreme Court. His book "Is Administrative Law Unlawful" is a masterpiece of undermining bloated government.

2: how do you poop without peeing?
Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 02, 2026 09:19 AM (V9pbl)
==============
Ha! I spent years here pitching this idea! Sadly, PDJT ignored me, and I wish better luck to you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 02, 2026 09:53 AM (cNcGv)

381 I saw a post on Nextdoor just this morning with someone asking "Who thinks this Artemis thing is real?" Nextdoor is something else...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (xT8gx

Reason 5,398 why this country is doomed. Go back to the early 60's when I was in school and science (not "earth science") was a required class. Simple physics is totally alien to these retards. GAH!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 02, 2026 10:03 AM (5xuJ/)

382 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

From above, 'Ketanji Brown Jackson Needs To Be Impeached.'

For the October Term 2025 (2025–2026), Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's law clerks include Cal Barnett-Mayotte (Penn), Jenny Choi (Yale), Maia Cole (NYU), and Gabrielle Dohmen (Chicago). These clerks assist in reviewing cases, legal research, and drafting opinions for the 2025–2026 term.

AI Overview references cite 'Original Jurisdiction' by David Lat & the Univ. of Chicago Law School Post. (There may be changes; do the research.)

Note: David Lat writes legal industry news & appears on Substack. His 'Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet The October Term 2025 SCOTUS Clerks' was very insightful, explaining Gender, Feeder Schools, Feeder Judges, and even the process Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has applicants for her clerkships follow.

As Lat indicated in one of his articles, there have been changes in what law schools were heavily represented in the past v. current time on the Court.

>U of Chicago News, Oct. 2025 'Seven UChicago Law alumni clerking for Supreme Court justices'
The alumni serve seven justices at the nation’s highest court.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 02, 2026 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

383 Wikipedia also has, 'List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6)' and includes the following:

"After retiring from the court, a justice may continue to employ a law clerk, who may be assigned to provide additional assistance to an active justice or may assist the retired justice when sitting by designation with a lower court."

🤷‍♀️ Hadn't known prior to now that a retired Supreme Court Justices may maintain chambers, a staffer, and a law clerk at the Court. (Under tradition, retired justices are authorized one law clerk, who is often shared with or "loaned" to active justices to assist with the Court's workload.)

As of 2026, this was reported to apply for Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, who retired in 2022, as he works on lower federal court cases and/or legal writings. (Note: Retired justices do not vote on Supreme Court cases.)

The point is to pay attention to the selection of their law clerks with their stellar educations, work experiences and prior employment. They function as key advisors, screening thousands of certiorari petitions and conducting extensive research to support the Justice's workload and decision-making.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 02, 2026 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

384 Lastly, a Canadian, astronaut Jeremy Hansen, is part of the crew for NASA’s Artemis II mission, making him the first Canadian to venture into deep space, marking a major milestone in Canadian history.

Reportedly, Canada's significant technical contributions to the Artemis program included the development of the Canadarm3 for the Gateway lunar station. 👍
---
🙏 US Military & Israel

Good day! 🤗

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 02, 2026 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

385 Birthright citizenship is suicidal for a developed country, with welfare, like the US. It is generally not used in Europe, Asia, or Africa.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 02, 2026 10:27 AM (R0wwO)

386 It could be employed for another 20, 25 years or even longer. Then most of us will be gone, it'll be an entirely different nation and then, who knows? Maybe their Constitution, their rules will be enforced and the gates will be closed.
----
To be honest, I have no idea how Naturalization is being enforced & approved in this nation, or at least in my specific state (commonwealth) and region.

>See US Citzenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) dot gov: I am a Lawful Permanent Resident of 5 Years

General naturalization requires being 18+ years old, a lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) for 5 years, passing English/civics tests, and showing good moral character.

I look around and think it didn't, and doesn't, work like that here but O and Joe & company - huge influences - were, and continue to be, the worst.

Posted by: L - No nic... at April 02, 2026 11:06 AM (NFX2v)

387 Elsewhere, we shot a black dude into space to orbit the moon. Yay, us...

------

What does the color of skin have to do with it? You realize that black dude is smarter than you and could most likely kick your butt three times before you hit the ground, right?

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 02, 2026 12:04 PM (sgrzZ)

Daily Tech News 2 April 2026

Top Story

Tech News



Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Well, that's a little annoying.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:00 AM (C67kD)

2 ONT warned.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:02 AM (C67kD)

3 No one else around? Morning (evening) Pixy.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:03 AM (C67kD)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (fNISR)

5 Okay, off to read the content.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (C67kD)

6 Also, Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend in Australia (for those states that follow it) so starting Tuesday these posts will be half an hour later. Or thereabouts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

7 Nice first-second-third trifecta, clarence!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (fNISR)

8 Hi, Pixy! Hi, late-night horde!

youtu.be/gPhTpMjAmxQ

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

9 >>>Sounds good as long as I don't have to write term papers longhand.

#metoo
I was in a class where it was required to write papers by hand. I typed about a bazillion words a minute, and for pay, and I asked to be able to type my papers. I was told no; because when people typed and made typos, they blamed the typos on the typing and on the typewriter. And I said: how about if I take responsibility for any typos. And I was given an exception! This was An Important Life Lesson.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:13 AM (fNISR)

10 G'Day everyone
Cat napping at best since 2am

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Wet, windy and chilly here. Time for bed.

Good night, all. Have a wonderful day!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

12 Uh oh! Carnival's infested. Looks like... 304.

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Sy6m/)

13 Night JQ!

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Sy6m/)

14 Dropped 30 degrees since 8pm

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting.
****

I thought the market for politicians was already over saturated.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:23 AM (C67kD)

16 8 Hi, Pixy! Hi, late-night horde!

youtu.be/gPhTpMjAmxQ
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

I clicked that and ... my shoulders went down immediately!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)

17 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)

I'm expecting the Democrats to give them the vote any day now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 04:31 AM (6ydKt)

18 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:33 AM (iMotb)

19 60.8 degrees out, with 99%RH.

Not bad weather for walking in a bit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:34 AM (iMotb)

20 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)
Hey, I've seen this one! It's a classic!

I got about halfway through the article and it became too terrifying.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (fNISR)

21 I just listened to Ketanji Brown’s attempt to argue that a wallet theft in Japan would necessarily create an “under the jurisdiction of” part of our 14th amendment by a prosecution of said crime. At least that’s my interpretation of her insane hypothetical questioning. She sounds disturbed, if not just retarded. But, that’s the brilliance of our current Supreme Court.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (OTOad)

22 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 04:36 AM (o4wD0)

23 21 I just listened to Ketanji Brown’s attempt to argue that a wallet theft in Japan would necessarily create an “under the jurisdiction of” part of our 14th amendment by a prosecution of said crime. At least that’s my interpretation
Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (OTOad)

A broadly shared interpretation.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:38 AM (fNISR)

24 Ketanji is a perfect example of what DEI has done to the nations intellect.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:43 AM (iMotb)

25 Ace took up the Ketanji Wallet story yesterday under "Quick Hits":

Justice DEI wanted to prove that it's no big deal if millions of Fake American Citizens actually owe their primary allegiance to a hostile foreign country, so she embarrassed herself again.

She claimed that if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan so what does it matter if we have 10 million Chinese anchor babies planted here by the CCP?

We all owe our allegiance to some other country sometimes, baby.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:45 AM (fNISR)

26 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)


Wasn't that the basic plot line for 'The Island'? Maybe 'Coma'? It's a fairly popular subject for dystopian scifi.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 04:46 AM (o4wD0)

27 They weren't brainless in The Island. Coma they were brain dead. Thought i just felt a quake and there was one 11 miles NW of Santa Cruz

Posted by: Dark L at April 02, 2026 04:52 AM (KAi1n)

28 I have little time to tarry
While others make merry
Dreams of Olympian heights
And lovely earthy sprites
Will lead me to my rest
As all hope for the best

fin

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:53 AM (C67kD)

29
Alyssa Hazel, Page Turner
@AlysssaHazel
Replying to @InsiderWire
Trump: "Marco?" *from deep inside the white house*
Rubio: *a deep sigh* Polo?

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:54 AM (fNISR)

30
Hanne Blank
@hanneblank
One of my students has used the word "fucktangular" in an informal essay to describe a situation that was complicated and messy in multiple unpleasant and difficult ways. l am in the presence of greatness and l am stealing this word.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:57 AM (fNISR)

31 the copy and paste at #29 and #30 are via

@zakn

who is pretty great

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:59 AM (fNISR)

32 I clicked that and ... my shoulders went down immediately!
Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)


Perhaps you prefer the Jack of Diamonds to the King?

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/msg-inxE8NU *NSFW*

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 05:00 AM (Sy6m/)

33 Looks like the replacement Kwikset smart lock arrives today.

On the downside, the 2006 Volvo V70 replacement turbo appears to have developed a good size shaft oil seal leak into the airside housing.

And a need for a replacement for the replacement passenger side axle.

Both repairs would be under warranty but replacing the turbo is a royal pain.

Would rather replace Kwikset locks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (iMotb)

34 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

I can imagine this going wrong.

- Medical technology has advanced enough to do this, complete with full joining up of all the nerves.
- The operation is a success.
- The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.

(Extra bonus points if the patient is named Frank.)

G'morning Horde!

@Pixy: Plenty of tech news this morning, well done.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

35 On the more positive side, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, AKA Chocolate Jesus 2.0, seems to be developing a disturbing trend in approval.

https://tinyurl.com/4hke9k5b

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:05 AM (iMotb)

36 Listening to any Leftist tie themselves into knots trying to make a argument is mind blowing.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

37 @35/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "On the more positive side, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, AKA Chocolate Jesus 2.0, seems to be developing a disturbing trend in approval."

The guy can't even lie well, so he's not qualified to be a politician.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

38 No weak coffee today

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

39 G'mornin' everyone!

31 degrees, raining ...

and Friday Eve!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (MIIRH)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)

41 "discourtesy phone", lol Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (MIIRH)

42 "The guy can't even lie well, so he's not qualified to be a politician."

I would argue the point that Democrat Politicians are not required to lie well. But simply to lie.

Watch or read any utterance from the Left.

They vomit falsehoods with no effort to make their statements believable.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:14 AM (iMotb)

43 I'm not seeing any major media coverage of the President's brief talk to the nation last night.

Therefore, I assume that it went well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:15 AM (iMotb)

44 I kind of remember Tommy Tutone but not that one

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

45 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 02, 2026 05:21 AM (bQ4nt)

46 https://tinyurl.com/4v4kmm2h
Broken Peach covers Walk like a Egyptian

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

47 I'm not seeing any major media coverage of the President's brief talk to the nation last night.

Therefore, I assume that it went well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:15 AM (iMotb)

Words, many words. Boasts, recaps, and ... vast emptiness.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at April 02, 2026 05:23 AM (EcHpA)

48 A new political ad from the communists in VA. They really want me to vote yes to gerrymander the state in favor of the communists because #BADORANGEMAN!!! This time some super sincere female 'doctor' who was super duper sincere, was mewling,,,uh,,,talking. Sincerely!

I'm not moved by there sincerity. Seems sketchy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 05:26 AM (o4wD0)

49 Time for the morning walk.
BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:35 AM (iMotb)

50 a liar's sincerity is by definition sketchy. at best.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:36 AM (MIIRH)

51 This is the first I'd heard of the 30-minute Australian Daylight Saving scheme. The changeover must be truly wrenching.

For reference, a surprising number of places, not just Halifax, differ from The Rest of The World by just half an hour. New Zealand is a real hum-dinger.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 02, 2026 05:45 AM (zdLoL)

52 @44/Skip: "I kind of remember Tommy Tutone but not that one"

Probably this one?

https://youtu.be/tHL2XeuA6Yg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

53 I assume that it went well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Those who expected the end of NATO or the expulsion of the UN will have to wait until next week's episode. My hopes are still up.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 02, 2026 05:48 AM (zdLoL)

54 Grumpy - thats it

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)

55 @51/Way, Way Downriver: "For reference, a surprising number of places, not just Halifax, differ from The Rest of The World by just half an hour."

The province of Ontario in Canada passed a law to go to permanent DST back in 2020, but it's conditional upon Quebec and NY State doing the same. This leads to situations where everyone is waiting on everyone else to "go first", and nobody does. Here we are, six years later, and we're still doing the time change dance twice a year. Freakin' lame.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

56 Artemis II is off on its way almost to the moon. (NASA)

I hope they'll be ok!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 06:06 AM (fNISR)

57 huh, now 30, still raining ... a layer of ice forming on everything.

long time since we had a proper ice storm.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 06:10 AM (MIIRH)

58 Left my driver's side window down, seat is a bit wet

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:13 AM (Ia/+0)

59 Good morning, one and all. The storms were pretty impressive last night but they ended before I drove into work.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 06:14 AM (+4yJ5)

60 34 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

I can imagine this going wrong.

- The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

And even if not mad, feeling "off" forever and ever in every move you make.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (fNISR)

61 Evening and morning for all on this hot humid Thor's Day in Da Swamp! The big black cat, amazingly, let me sleep for a change.

Re: the video: When Tommy Tutone burst out in the '80s with that "Jenny" song with the phone number, I thought his name was spelled "Two-Tone," like a 1950s car paint job. I wasn't in radio any longer and didn't read Billboard, so I didn't know.

So, whatcha doin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

62 The black-haired girl in the striped dress has a nice "young Suzanne Pleshette" vibe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

63 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

I can imagine this going wrong.

- The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026


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I could deal with this. It might take me a little while, but I'm sure I could handle it just fine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

64 So, whatcha doin'?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

Wondering how the heck a city can make you pay a fee to write and self-publish in your own home.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 02, 2026 06:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

65 mornin yall. This caretaker stuff will wear you down. I hope I can get a new body so my kids won't have to deal with cranky lethargic fd.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

66 2Tb of ddr5 is 75k

128gb is a measly 2k now.

Insanity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 06:23 AM (z6vIg)

67 I've got a whole bunch of old memory, from Pc-100 to 6300 and beyond, like 12800. A bunch of old ECC server memory too. I wonder if it's worth anything.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

68 I'm up early. Quick coffee. Friends' cat came in. Too much energy and Snowflake is outside.

'Morning Joe' is on. They're playing a clip from 2012. It's helpful when they declare defeat before wars even start. Apparently, President Trump thought the war was only going to be a couple of days. Quagmire!

Also, due to President Trump's poor planning, Artemis isn't at the moon yet. Hopelessly lost in space. The hits keep on coming.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 06:33 AM (Sco7b)

69 Good morning everyone. Another unseasonably warm day here in the foothills, with highs into the 80's. Be well.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 02, 2026 06:33 AM (IH1df)

70 It will be all over for Trump if he does not wrap this up next week.

Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

71 I hope I can get a new body so my kids won't have to deal with cranky lethargic fd.
Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026


***
To have the horniness of myself at 28, say, no (admittedly mild) arthritis in my thumb joints, no need to take blood pressure pills -- the common sense of me now, plus the energy of me then -- "Sign me up, baby. And by the way, nurse, how you doin'?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

72 the walls, they are closing in! Aiieee!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 06:38 AM (MIIRH)

73 Today is "Noir Day" on the Movies! Channel. Right now, The Chase w/ Robert Cummings and Peter Lorre, with more goodies to follow.

Mike Hammer, the 1950s version, and Stoney Burke never materialized on that new channel I found.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

74 I think I would take a chance on it, if it were on offer ... Wolfus & fd capture the upsides rather well

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 06:42 AM (MIIRH)

75 .
.
https://tinyurl.com/Artificial-Alzheimerz via SSDs.

Posted by: Marooned at April 02, 2026 06:42 AM (kt8QE)

76 - The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

And even if not mad, feeling "off" forever and ever in every move you make.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (fNISR

I watch older kids shows since no messaging, and funny. There was one episode of a show where two identical twins went into their genius friends' lab, screwed around and switched bodies.

The genius kid didn't see a problem. "You're IDENTICAL twins!!"

But one of the twins replied "But we can't grow up to be who we were meant to be." It was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 02, 2026 06:45 AM (Sco7b)

77 I'm not seeing any major media coverage of the President's brief talk to the nation last night.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice


He said, "Hello, all you stupid bad of vegetables. I am, of this time, on the way... to the moon. I choose this not because it is easy but because it's difficult... bigly."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 02, 2026 06:46 AM (diia5)

78 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

And then you find out you have Alzheimer's at 23.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 06:48 AM (+4yJ5)

79 All of you lunatics with Trump Derangement can calm your tits.

He hasn't renamed the Kennedy Space Centre to the Trump-Kennedy Space Center, yet.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 02, 2026 06:48 AM (UqSya)

80 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

81 Trump made the media cover him... on April Fools Day.

Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2026 06:48 AM (Q+gd/)

82 I listened to Trump. It was a bit rambling, but he always talks that way. "The best the world's ever seen..." I think his goal was to quell gas price anxiety. Of course he's not going to give a finish date because it cant be known. He did repeat that we have been at war with Iran for 47 years and he promised Iran would not have a nuclear weapon. "It was nearly too late..." So, here we are.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at April 02, 2026 06:48 AM (s1NDj)

83 66 2Tb of ddr5 is 75k

128gb is a measly 2k now.

Insanity.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


I bought 128GB of DDR5 this time last year for $300.

And 128GB of DDR4 on New Year's Eve for $400. That sale disappeared fast.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 02, 2026 06:56 AM (BLOW1)

84 71 I hope I can get a new body so my kids won't have to deal with cranky lethargic fd.
Posted by: fd at April 02, 2026

***
To have the horniness
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

... and that's where some of us quit reading.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:03 AM (fNISR)

85 79, alas, not yet.

I want moar gnashing of teeth!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:04 AM (MIIRH)

86 Errands today: wash and spray-wax the car and put dressing on the tires. (The new Continentals, in front, make the Buick drive incredibly well even over somewhat rough pavement. We went out for ie cream last night just so that I could drive it some more.) And I need to mail my estimated Q1 fed tax payment, and ship off my state taxes for my refund.

Tomorrow is the horror of that woke Korean professor spouting communist babble at my old employer, though I will get a free lunch out of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

87 ... and that's where some of us quit reading.

and signed on!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:05 AM (MIIRH)

88 To have the horniness
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026
*
... and that's where some of us quit reading.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2026


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Then let's just call it "energy" and leave it at that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)

89 87 ... and that's where some of us quit reading.

and signed on!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:05 AM (MIIRH)

heh

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:06 AM (fNISR)

90

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 02, 2026 07:08 AM (DDJSl)

91 Then let's just call it "energy" and leave it at that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)
=====

Energize! Energize!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 02, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

92 90

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 02, 2026 07:08 AM (DDJSl)

Oh, I just noticed:

Hi(llary) C(linton)

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:09 AM (fNISR)

93 euphemisms are futile!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:13 AM (MIIRH)

94 dysphemisms are the worst

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:15 AM (fNISR)

95 true dat!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 07:16 AM (MIIRH)

96 Hillary . . . When, oh, when is that old bat going home to whatever circle of Hell that will have her? Justice would mean her eternity would include being taunted, "You were never president . . . you were never president. . . ."

Of course, when she does pass, the enema-media will screech endlessly about her "ground-breaking accomplishments." I know I don't want to hear or read about that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)

97 @83

>>I bought 128GB of DDR5 this time last year for $300.

I'm sorted out for the long haul, but you know, sometimes you got a bug to build a new system or pimp out an existing one.

No more.

The baseline to build a high tear system has jumped 2k between memory and graphics cards, putting it in the 4k-5k price range.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026 07:17 AM (z6vIg)

98 Energize! Energize!
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 02, 2026


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I'm 28 again, Wesley. What's that hot mother of yours doing tonight?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

99 The baseline to build a high tear system has jumped 2k between memory and graphics cards, putting it in the 4k-5k price range.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 02, 2026


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I'd be weeping at that price, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:19 AM (fNISR)

101 She's washing her hair!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 02, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

102 >>>Paging King Canute and Barbra Streisand.

I'm hoping the King shows up.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:20 AM (fNISR)

103 I hadn't read the term "dysphemism" before. Good word.

"Hillary Clinton is a snake": dysphemism!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

104 She's washing her hair!
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 02, 2026


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I'll be glad to give her a hand. Or both of them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

105 sock_rat_eez ... (MIIRH)

like a space station

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 07:22 AM (fNISR)

106 JJ nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 02, 2026 07:22 AM (NcvvS)

107 Regarding your radiologist story. A recent paper showed testing of giving ChatGPT a blank image and it still described all sorts of lung issues. I did the same. Found a lung image that was normal, one with a plural effusion, and “white”. I asked ChatGPT to evaluate each and it gave increasingly dire prognosis.

Now, it may be they are using AI’s trained only on images. But a lot of this has to do with Bayesian priors and weighting, The things don’t think. It’s a statistical likelihood and I’d be very careful in using any ai as anything but a guide.

Posted by: DoctorMew at April 02, 2026 10:41 AM (XodLO)

Wednesday Night ONT - April 1, 2026 [TRex]

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. As a matter of fundamental national interest, the ONT bar remains open. JQ has the keys and is authorized to pour like never before, so put in your order.

[Top photo: Athene owl. Photographer unknown]

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Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes

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Nobody's Fool movie trailer:

Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, and Bruce Willis. Never saw the movie, so I can't vouch for it.

Side story - Paramount apparently had a little promotional money left over for the film, so Newman convinced them to spend it on sponsoring a Ford Mustang entry at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona. The car number 70 was a nod to Newman's age. Newman and three professional drivers won their class and finished third overall.

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Steve Perry - Foolish Heart

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I am not wise in the ways of tarot cards but the Fool card is one among the deck.

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Per Wikipedia:

According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Fool card is associated with:

Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, betrayal. If the card is reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity

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Def Leppard - Foolin'

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Styx - Fooling Yourself

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Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools



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The Spinettes covering Frankie Lymon - Why do Fools Fall in Love

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Whitesnake - Fool for your Loving

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Fool Us! magic - if you appreciate magic, you'll enjoy watching this. Impressive.

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Elvis - Fools Rush In

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Like new! No foolin!

Fwiw, I am continually amazed there are channels on YouTube dedicated to restoring old stuff. I am further amazed by the volume of viewers. YouTube has its issues, but it is the universal skeleton key to narrowcasting.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Lee Ann Womack for the big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter. We aim to whelm. Sometimes we hit. Sometimes we miss.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 Hereby announcing that I am retiring from competition for ONT Firsts. It's not really like a competition. It's like a professional male wrestler going up against a Girl Scout.😁
*retiring with a mantle full of plastic "#1" trophies*

Posted by: mindful webworker - words are all I have at April 01, 2026 10:00 PM (KNEaK)

2 For all the ladies who remember life before the pill.

youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 10:00 PM (9L6d7)

3 Owl be darned! The ONT is here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 10:00 PM (SRRAx)

5 After that one.😁

Posted by: mindful webworker - check the date at April 01, 2026 10:01 PM (KNEaK)

6 Hey, Dude, keep your hands to yourself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 10:01 PM (9L6d7)

7 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

8 Thansk for the ONT, Mr Rex!

Posted by: 496 at April 01, 2026 10:02 PM (8hnyd)

9 > Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, and Bruce Willis. Never saw the movie, so I can't vouch for it.
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Melanie Griffith flashes her bubbies

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

10 "Nobody's Fool" is a pretty good movie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (xcxpd)

11 Something for dino boy

Does The World's Most Famous Dinosaur Have The Wrong Name? (13:4
PBS Eons
https://youtu.be/SFC-XW4j1ek

Posted by: mindful webworker - check the date at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (KNEaK)

12 The Rex 🦖 is in the house!
Yay!
On to content😜...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (dACf/)

13 Woot! Nice selection of fool songs. Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)

14 12 The Rex 🦖 is in the house!
Yay!
On to content😜...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM
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Howdy!

Posted by: TRex - space race dino at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

15 No "Fool For The City" ?

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (ZxPkt)

16 There are a shit ton of restoration vids on you tube. I'm surprised there isn't a chucklehead restoring popsicle sticks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (snZF9)

17 Not a huge Elvis fan, but that's a great song. He had a few winners (IMO)

Posted by: 496 at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (8hnyd)

18 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (o4wD0)

19 Good theme for the 1st TRex.

Are named for the band or the king of the lizards?

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (fcDpY)

20 8 Thansk for the ONT, Mr Rex!

Posted by: 496 at April 01, 2026 10:02 PM
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You're welcome!

Posted by: TRex - blastoff dino at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

21 Don't forget the blues...

youtu.be/LH_yMtxHiqk

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (rdVOm)

22 Enhanced public affection.

That's a good euphemism for foolin' around.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

23 I pity the fool who can't figure out tonight's ONT theme.

Posted by: Mr. T at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (JkO4W)

24 No "Fool For The City" ?

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (ZxPkt)

Thats a good one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (snZF9)

25 "Everybody Plays the Fool" - Main Ingredient

"Fool on the Hill" - Beatles & Brazil 66 (cover)

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (y171U)

26 I saw Moron cries for Tawny Kitaen recently. May they be blessed.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (syAfa)

27 >13 Woot! Nice selection of fool songs. Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)

*glares*

Ahem, are we missing something? Perhaps this?
https://youtu.be/ZHh0V7UjVXI?si=WehmoNHCT5CN6psQ

Posted by: World Party at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (GTqXr)

28 Saw Paul Newman and a really young Tom Cruise at a SCCA race at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia... many years ago.

Running a Nissan Z. Classic. Might have been a late model 240Z.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (AkEZC)

29 Grandson turns 1 year old today - so, the end of his zeroeth year if I recall yesterdays bullshit back and forth.

For the first few days, we really didn't think he was going to make it as he was born early and weighed in at 2# something.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

30 I pity the Foo!

Posted by: Mr. TB at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (Cqx++)

31 Whitesnake - Fool for your Loving

Triumph - Fool for your Love
https://youtu.be/-ZDqeUhbk20

Posted by: mikeski allows the Canadians in at April 01, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

32 Ahem, are we missing something? Perhaps this?
https://youtu.be/ZHh0V7UjVXI?si=WehmoNHCT5CN6psQ
Posted by: World Party

I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it Bob.

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (fcDpY)

33 Grandson turns 1 year old today - so, the end of his zeroeth year if I recall yesterdays bullshit back and forth.

For the first few days, we really didn't think he was going to make it as he was born early and weighed in at 2# something.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

Well done, Grandson of Tonypete!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (syAfa)

34 Incredible jukebox tonight, ya all! WooHoo!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (rdVOm)

35 Sorry I'm late, some fool re-progrsmmed my GPS. At every intersection I heard Bugs Bunny's voice telling me to turn left.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (6XIEG)

36 Nobody's Fool is a favorite of mine. Just a very good story telling movie.

Also Melanie Griffith shows her boobs briefly.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:09 PM (V4IXI)

37 ZZ Top "Fool For Your Stockings"

that's a deep cut off Deguello

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

38 I'm sensing a trend in the ONT, or am I just being foolish?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)

39 Sorry I'm late, some fool re-progrsmmed my GPS. At every intersection I heard Bugs Bunny's voice telling me to turn left.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (6XIEG)
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Were you driving through Albuquerque?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 10:10 PM (ESVrU)

40 that's a deep cut off Deguello
Posted by: Don Black
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Yeah, but I linked the first utoob that popped up. Got Deguello on vinyl-- so long ago, it has no barcode on it.

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:10 PM (rdVOm)

41 Sorry I'm late, some fool re-progrsmmed my GPS. At every intersection I heard Bugs Bunny's voice telling me to turn left.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (6XIEG)

You live in Albuquerque?

Posted by: It's a dry heat at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (TbWk/)

42 sweet sexy fool
tinyurl.com/yfa39eka

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

43 Fool me once shame on me

Fool me twice and you're dead.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (V4IXI)

44 A fool and his ONT are soon parted.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

45 Fool For the City - Foghat. And most NYC residents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_fmaw1CNY

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (QaH55)

46 >Were you driving through Albuquerque?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 10:10 PM (ESVrU)

Pismo Beach

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (GTqXr)

47 Within Temptation - Deceiver of Fools
https://youtu.be/9JyIZaTkeSo

Genesis - More Fool Me
https://youtu.be/vndI6ahzM1s

Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
https://youtu.be/QegFwKN9EZg

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

48 Posted by: World Party at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (GTqXr)

I was halfway expecting Erasure

Posted by: why is life so precious and so cruel at April 01, 2026 10:13 PM (gKWVE)

49 Ship of Fools. Robert Plant:

youtu.be/4h-TmhXavdw

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)

50 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT Shenanigans, T Rex!

Leave it to the Pittsburgh scanner to describe "enhanced public affection" in a police call.

Love the musical selections!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 01, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

51 Speaking of movies and Melanie Griffith's boobs, Something Wild is a pretty good movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:13 PM (V4IXI)

52 OWL!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:14 PM (tcsrY)

53 I announced to everybody a year and a half ago the creation of Blackstone Rocks Radio. Since, we’ve grown, gotten bigger, and are kicking ass. We boast the greatest playlists ever programmed. NO COMMERCIALS, NO FEES, TO LISTEN Just click https://live365.com/station/Blackstone-Rocks-a48100 Since 1964 I’ve deeply listened to 6 decades of heavy cuts by the legends of blues rock, psych and progressive, British 1st and 2nd Invasions, metal, alternative, cool Britannia, pub/punk rock and electric blues. Listen, Follow, Share. Or go to blackstonerocks.com Stones, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Who, Clapton, Allman Bros, Clash, Black Crowes, Ozzy, Hendrix, Cars ... In addition to legendary rockers, I also has in heavy rotation the greatest indie rock bands and guitar savants from around the world hell bent on taking it to the next level. Parker Barrow The Commoners The Damn Truth Kenny Wayne Shepherd Doyle Bramhall II Ally Venable Band Eric Gales The Kyle Jordan Project When They Riot Robert Jon & The Wreck Erja Lyytinen Joanne Shaw Taylor The Late Aprils The Fixations Samantha Fish Moonlight Eclipse Romeopathy Loud George Dom Martin The Ruins Lifesigns The Fods and many more!

Posted by: Blackstone at April 01, 2026 10:14 PM (uyIdS)

54 There seems to be some kind of theme to tonight's musical selections.

If only I could dope out what it is.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a fool and his monet at April 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KNEaK)

55 Yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....!

Posted by: Won't Get Fooled Again at April 01, 2026 10:14 PM (GTqXr)

56 Also, a Whitesnake video without Tawny Kitaen is just a waste of tape.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 10:15 PM (QaH55)

57 Happy April Fools' Day everyone.....

The is the last post I'll ever make.









April Fool!!!

You're stuck with me.....LOLOL!!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:15 PM (QGaXH)

58 The Guess Who, "Dancing Fool"

youtu.be/Y4-x7jg0MTc

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 10:16 PM (JjVZx)

59 Machines for Sale had a good product but they never offered any Clapton.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 10:16 PM (nWPIJ)

60 "Everybody Plays the Fool" - Main Ingredient

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (y171U)


Slowly I turned....

That song.... that miserable fucking song... was one of the songs my mother played endlessly on her console stereo with the dreaded repeat function that I have spoken about many times. that...fucking...song....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)

61 A song for all you fools

https://tinyurl.com/2pjhyjmk

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:17 PM (syAfa)

62 Tawny Kitaen

910 on the hot crazy matrix.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:17 PM (V4IXI)

63 How about Fool for the City or Fooled Around and Fell in Love.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 01, 2026 10:18 PM (CHHv1)

64 Great ONT,

much grazia

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at April 01, 2026 10:18 PM (EP7Sw)

65 Paul Newman racing at the Daytona 24 in the mid 90s. NASCAR took off the way it did in part due to the open wheel and sportscar racing splits in the US at the time. Open wheel was screwed over by arrogance and greed. Sports car was screwed over by arrogance and greed. Go figure. A guy named Andy Evans really set back sportscar racing in this country. NASCAR didn't mind though. Both splits have ended of course. Indycar is doing pretty well and IMSA has carried the torch. Still, they aren't as popular as they used to be. I suspect the car culture in this country isn't the best anymore either. That doesn't help matters.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 10:18 PM (o4wD0)

66 Sorry, my post went on longer than expected.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 10:18 PM (o4wD0)

67 Watching Gutfeld and they're discussing Gavin Newsome's wife's interview with Jen Psaki where she (Newsome) talks about taking their young children to Alabama so they can see and experience racism, poverty and ignorance (paraphrasing) first hand.

What infuriates me is Mrs Newsome's smug condescension and confidence that nobody will ask her to 'give us an example that the kid's saw....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QGaXH)

68 What about "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat?
"Be Careful With A Fool" by Johnny Winter?

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at April 01, 2026 10:19 PM (9MsZK)

69 Willowed

300 Trump kept saying "decimated." Decimated means 1 of 10. Annihilated is a better word.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01,

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You are correct, but it also means "any massive reduction or destruction". Strange, but there it is.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 10:19 PM (otJlS)

70 > Melanie Griffith flashes her bubbies
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

(considers Melanie Griffith's ...err... body of work)

This doesn't really narrow it down all that much.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 10:19 PM (IG3/x)

71 Watching Gutfeld and they're discussing Gavin Newsome's wife's interview with Jen Psaki where she (Newsome) talks about taking their young children to Alabama so they can see and experience racism, poverty and ignorance (paraphrasing) first hand.

Bless her heart

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM (V4IXI)

72 Where are my manners???

Thank you for ONT TRex!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM (QGaXH)

73 I saw Moron cries for Tawny Kitaen recently. May they be blessed.
-----

Tawny Kitaen's best film performance was in "Witchboard". She also had a big role in the Tom Hank's flick "Bachelor Party".

She was a *beautiful* woman who lead a troubled life.

And every man who thought he could fix her suffered for that decision.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM (Cjcf6)

74 Oldie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MtX1-i6Zu8

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM (AkEZC)

75 Melanie Griffith did well convincing us not to date robots in Cherry 2000

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE)

76 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

77 Nobody's Fool is a good tale. Newman plays an essentially good-for-nothing who, as it turns out, is the guy that keeps things together for a lot of people. Jessica Tandy was outstanding. Oh, yeah - Melanie Griffith, too!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (7D3Aa)

78 Adam Carolla (I think) owns a bunch of Newman's race cars.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QaH55)

79 I've been watching this videos by "Sock Puppet Master" that are hilarious.

He takes real police cam videos and animates them...and it amazes me how stupid people can be. About half the videos are people working themselves up from a warning or maybe a traffic citation to...jail time.

https://tinyurl.com/y34jvy7b

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

80 >>Ship of Fools. Robert Plant:

>>youtu.be/4h-TmhXavdw

And the Dead.

https://tinyurl.com/36r5jbn3

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

81 For the first few days, we really didn't think he was going to make it as he was born early and weighed in at 2# something.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)


I remember this, Tonypete. Go little guy, go! Aunt Piper is very proud of him.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)

82 so everyone talked me into listening to Plant's Ship of Fools.
It is actually good.
I'd not heard it before.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

83 Hey, TRex.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

84 ah, finally. Hooters on the ONT

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

85 Tawny Kitaen's best film performance was in "Witchboard". She also had a big role in the Tom Hank's flick "Bachelor Party".

She was a *beautiful* woman who lead a troubled life.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM (Cjcf6)

She was total smoke show in bachelor party.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)

86 IMSA was running strong at Sebring FL for their 12 hr race a couple weeks ago

Next year will be the 75th

Crazy track on a WWII airport. Crappy runways, no banks, over three miles long.

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (EP7Sw)

87 Tippi Hedren
Melanie Griffith
Dakota Johnson

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (V4IXI)

88 >>>Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, and Bruce Willis. Never saw the movie, so I can't vouch for it.

Excellent movie. Melanie Griffith also appears. Flashes us as well. Although, that wasn't unusual for her.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (syz1S)

89 Beautiful bird.

Posted by: Pamazon at April 01, 2026 10:24 PM (b5MGU)

90 That 70's drill press looks like it was introduced in 1925.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)

91 I don’t get other people as much as thought did.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

92 so everyone talked me into listening to Plant's Ship of Fools.
It is actually good.
I'd not heard it before.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

Really? It is a great song. They were blasting Morrissey and the Smiths at Hubby's PT today. And The Clash. .I found that fun and interesting. If you aren't the Moron that likes that stuff, sorry.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:26 PM (syAfa)

93 66 Sorry, my post went on longer than expected.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 10:18 PM
***
No apologies needed. Brings back memories. Some day we can swap Andy Evans stories...

Posted by: TRex - scuderia dino at April 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

94 I might indeed be the Moron who likes Morrissey and the Smiths.

Posted by: gKWVE, of the international play boys at April 01, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

95 83 Hey, TRex.
Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:22 PM
***
Howdy Bulg!

Posted by: TRex - jester dino at April 01, 2026 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

96 Fooled Around and Fell in Love

youtube.com/watch?v=JmKfP6DzzuU

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (9L6d7)

97
What infuriates me is Mrs Newsome's smug condescension and confidence that nobody will ask her to 'give us an example that the kid's saw....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan


She avoids audiences who will ask tough questions.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (Cqx++)

98 I don’t get other people as much as thought did.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

Most of us don't eat Triscuits for breakfast. But I don't judge.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (syAfa)

99 Newman was a pretty good amateur racer. Raced a lot!

Tom Cruise is very skilled behind the wheel, but I don't know if he's ever gotten serious about racing.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (7D3Aa)

100 Everybody Plays the Fool

https://tinyurl.com/5n7f63ky

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)

101 She was total smoke show in bachelor party.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)

I mostly hated that movie. But the one scene that made LOL out loud was the messed-up guy trying to slit his wrists with an electric razor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

102 91 *as much as I thought I did*

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)

103 71 Watching Gutfeld and they're discussing Gavin Newsome's wife's interview with Jen Psaki where she (Newsome) talks about taking their young children to Alabama so they can see and experience racism, poverty and ignorance (paraphrasing) first hand.

Bless her heart
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


What’s snotty pretentious see you next Tuesday.
I suppose she was photographed enjoying the parties at their winery during the Covid shutdowns and tut tutting at the peasants locked in their homes with their masks and fear.


Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (A5RD0)

104 Little Feat - Fool Yourself

Posted by: 13times at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (P7CL5)

105
Artemis is doing their "proximity operations" test now, playing around with pretend docking and station keeping with the ICPS (upper stage). This is testing maneuvering the Orion spacecraft for docking operations. Apollo 8 did similar play docking with the S-IVB (third stage) after TLI.

Orion is now in that high elliptical orbit, apogee raise complete and is coasting. That has spent the ICPS stage. On the next perigee loop around, in about a day, they will deorbit it to burn over the South Pacific. Orion will then do the TLI boost to get it to the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

106 72 Where are my manners???

Thank you for ONT TRex!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:20 PM
***
You're welcome. Glad you stopped by.

Posted by: TRex - mystery click dino at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

107 Were you driving through Albuquerque?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 10:10 PM (ESVrU)

No! That made it even more annoying.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 10:30 PM (6XIEG)

108 33 Grandson turns 1 year old today - so, the end of his zeroeth year if I recall yesterdays bullshit back and forth.
For the first few days, we really didn't think he was going to make it as he was born early and weighed in at 2# something.
Posted by: Tonypete
**********
Wow, he is a year old already? Where did that time go? Major congrats on his success at growing and sustaining, due in no small part to the entire family and their love for him. May he continue to grow and thrive!

Posted by: The Grateful at April 01, 2026 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 98 Mmmmm…Triscuits…

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

110 I mostly hated that movie. But the one scene that made LOL out loud was the messed-up guy trying to slit his wrists with an electric razor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

"Lets have a bachelor party, with chicks, and guns, and firetrucks, and drugs, and hookers, and booze."

Whats not to like??? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9)

111 >>>What infuriates me is Mrs Newsome's smug condescension and confidence that nobody will ask her to 'give us an example that the kid's saw....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Someone should ask her opinion on running second to Kimberly Guilfoyle, and if she too sees an ambassadorship in her future

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR)

112 I might indeed be the Moron who likes Morrissey and the Smiths.

Posted by: gKWVE, of the international play boys at April 01, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

You're OK with me, Moron. I was toetapping to Girlfriend in a Coma as Hubby did shoulder exercises.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:32 PM (syAfa)

113

Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool

https://youtu.be/Kie4Iv3mdIc

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 10:32 PM (Cqx++)

114 Happy birthday to Tonypete's grandbaby!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:32 PM (DoBxX)

115 "Lets have a bachelor party, with chicks, and guns, and firetrucks, and drugs, and hookers, and booze."

Whats not to like??? lol
Posted by: Berserker


Wouldn't the chicks be mad that you invited the hookers?

Posted by: mikeski picks up the 'party foul' flag at April 01, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

116 The picture atop the ONT makes me wonder whoooooo belongs to this ONT. Wonder no more, it's The Short-Armed One! Thanks, TRex for the girtly content.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 01, 2026 10:33 PM (t2oSI)

117 27 >13 Woot! Nice selection of fool songs. Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)

*glares*

Ahem, are we missing something? Perhaps this?
https://youtu.be/ZHh0V7UjVXI?si=WehmoNHCT5CN6psQ
Posted by: World Party at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (GTqXr)

I was looking at that song too. Come to find out Karl Wallinger passed away a year ago last month at 66. RIP, and Put the singer in a box, looks like nobody could save him from his one "tomorrow. "

Posted by: Rex B at April 01, 2026 10:33 PM (DqQS/)

118 Nobody's Fool by Cinderella, holding up a lighter in 86, good times

Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 01, 2026 10:33 PM (h/O4U)

119 Next year will be the 75th

Crazy track on a WWII airport. Crappy runways, no banks, over three miles long.

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at April 01, 2026 10:23
***
Respect the bumps

Posted by: TRex - truscuit eating dino at April 01, 2026 10:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

120 > Newman was a pretty good amateur racer. Raced a lot!

Tom Cruise is very skilled behind the wheel, but I don't know if he's ever gotten serious about racing.
Posted by: LRob in OK
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I think Cruise "dabbled" in racing. Frankie Munoz (Malcom in the Middle) is racing NASCAR in the Craftsman Truck Series.

"Acting pays for his racing addiction"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 10:36 PM (AkEZC)

121 Newman was a pretty good amateur racer. Raced a lot!

Tom Cruise is very skilled behind the wheel, but I don't know if he's ever gotten serious about racing.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:28 PM (7D3Aa)

Surprisingly Malcom in the Middle is better than both of them.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:36 PM (V4IXI)

122 TRex, did Elvis have an earlier version of that tune? Slower, more "dramatic"? Maybe someone else; I'm way past 29!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:36 PM (7D3Aa)

123 116 Thanks, TRex for the girtly content.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 01, 2026 10:33 PM
***
Schnorf!! Good evening to you.

Posted by: TRex - moar truscuits! at April 01, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

124 Thanks for the ONT, T Rex.

Unlike many Morons & 'ettes I love Steve Perry's voice, still good after all these years. Yes, I know, rather bubblegum or something when he was part of Journey, however, some great music for this dancin' queen.

Paul Newman's eyes. Oh, boy. Only met another pair of blue eyes like that and even more spectacular with thick black eyelashes. Possibly the most beautiful man/boy I ever met. A year before I met my green eyed bf/husband. There are not many Paul Newman eyes in this world, but I met a guy who had it all til he died a few short months later, age 24yrs. Rare cancer. Gone.No choice but to go on and work hard in nursing school, which he knew was my goal.

Need to watch that movie tonight, and I thank you for the reminder.

Another pair of beautiful eyes is Leann Womack's. I'm told mine are not so bad, even in my fossilized state of age. Green.

President Trump gave a great speech tonight.Respectful. Subdued. Tired. But not tired of winning. May God be with him and give him strength. Please pray for him and his cabinet as they make the world safer.

Here's my Foreigner and A Fool For You Anyway, Moron's and 'ettes. XXXX

https://tinyurl.com/sjhtmpjw

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 10:37 PM (WONhk)

125 I might indeed be the Moron who likes Morrissey and the Smiths.

Posted by: gKWVE, of the international play boys at April 01, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

Girlfriend introduced me to the Smiths round about 1984. Been a fan ever since. Johnny Marr is the man.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 10:37 PM (QaH55)

126 Bless her heart
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


What’s snotty pretentious see you next Tuesday.
I suppose she was photographed enjoying the parties at their winery during the Covid shutdowns and tut tutting at the peasants locked in their homes with their masks and fear.


Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (A5RD0)

But, but, but, everyone just KNOWS that southerners are a bunch of backward hicks that hate anyone who isn't just exactly like them.

I mean, EVERYONE.

Stupid bitch. We don't hate people who are not like us. We just hate you, you sanctimonious twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 10:37 PM (DwqWV)

127 The guy rubbing his skin off in the shower after discovering he was with a tranny wouldn't be allowed today in a movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:38 PM (V4IXI)

128 122 TRex, did Elvis have an earlier version of that tune?

--

web says Rick Nelson, probably

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:39 PM (znREB)

129 >>Newman was a pretty good amateur racer. Raced a lot!

Did a lot of it at Lime Rock in Connecticut. Great course.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)

130 First Moz song I heard was Every Day Is Like Sunday, so I had to get all that Smiths stuff some years after the fact. Wish I had caught Queen Is Dead when it came out. Oh well.

Posted by: gKWVE will meet you at the cemet'ry gates at April 01, 2026 10:39 PM (gKWVE)

131
On the next perigee loop around, in about a day, they will deorbit it to burn over the South Pacific. Orion will then do the TLI boost to get it to the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley


If they could sling shot around the sun they would be able to go back in time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

132 There are some albums where you just memorize, or memorise if you're them, every line.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:40 PM (gKWVE)

133 Orion will then do the TLI boost to get it to the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

What's TLI ?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:41 PM (znREB)

134 Morons: a poll.


Alaska or Japan for a 30th anniversary vacation. Hubby would like to do Europe. I am hell to the naw naw.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:42 PM (syAfa)

135 web says Rick Nelson, probably


Went and listened. You are right! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:42 PM (7D3Aa)

136 Watching Gutfeld and they're discussing Gavin Newsome's wife's interview with Jen Psaki where she (Newsome) talks about taking their young children to Alabama so they can see and experience racism, poverty and ignorance (paraphrasing) first hand.

What infuriates me is Mrs Newsome's smug condescension and confidence that nobody will ask her to 'give us an example that the kid's saw....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan


She should have taken them to Huntsville.

But seriously, what a racist cunt.
Yes, s/he/it clearly sees southerners as something less than what she seems normal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)

137 The used to race at the Chennault Airbase in Lake Charles after it was closed down after the Vietnam War was over. Before it was closed Lockheed leased it to do maintenance and refits on Cobra helicopters.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:43 PM (V4IXI)

138 > What's TLI ?
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Trans
Lunar
Injection

"Full power to the moon"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 10:44 PM (AkEZC)

139 Where does one begin...
I didn't think anyone else knew of the Spinettes..thanks T!
That drill press restoration! I will finish watching it later on...
Having always used these tools, I'm always fascinated by these videos.
Oh, and the fool card? Yeah, I fit most of those descriptions...
Unfortunately😟.

I nominate Mr. T-REX to be an official CoB. He surely does the big work! (Not that my opinion matters..)
(OhYeah, and DOOF!)...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 10:45 PM (dACf/)

140 Remember when one of the news shows went undercover at a NASCAR event to show how racist the fans were? FAIL.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:45 PM (V4IXI)

141 COMM, I'm with you 100% on TRex and Doof being tagged as CoBs! Both are good at what they do.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 01, 2026 10:46 PM (7D3Aa)

142 126 Bless her heart
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


What’s snotty pretentious see you next Tuesday.
I suppose she was photographed enjoying the parties at their winery during the Covid shutdowns and tut tutting at the peasants locked in their homes with their masks and fear.


Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 10:29 PM (A5RD0)

But, but, but, everyone just KNOWS that southerners are a bunch of backward hicks that hate anyone who isn't just exactly like them.

I mean, EVERYONE.

Stupid bitch. We don't hate people who are not like us. We just hate you, you sanctimonious twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 10:37 PM (DwqWV)

Wow! I was just whining a little with my original comment but I seem to have touched a nerve.

Love when that happens!

A few minutes later in the show Tyrus kind of asked the same question...saying 'someone should ask her where in Alabama ? What city? When were you there? '

Now they're talking about that Don Lemon Moron...and not in the good moron way either.......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

143 Evening.

Please God say there is no talk of numbers tonight.

Posted by: Robert at April 01, 2026 10:48 PM (i+IiT)

144 The guy rubbing his skin off in the shower after discovering he was with a tranny wouldn't be allowed today in a movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:38 PM (V4IXI)

SHE PEES STANDING UP!!!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)

145 I don't have a lot to do with 'popular" culture. The majority is clearly aimed at younger audiences, not someone in their seventies. Happened to watch Trump's address on the local Fox channel and didn't switch after. Some show called The Masked Singer came on. Never heard of it before. The music was awful, I didn't know who any of the performers or panelists were and it was so overblown with fake excitement it made my teeth hurt. So-called adults were acting like they were the Peanut Gallery on Howdy Doody. I could feel brain cells dying the longer I watched.

After a few minutes of thinking WTF is this thing, I muted the sound and opened a book. If this crap actually has millions of followers, I fear for the country. The books on my shelves never looked better.

Posted by: JTB at April 01, 2026 10:48 PM (yTvNw)

146 60 "Everybody Plays the Fool" - Main Ingredient

that...fucking...song....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)

Bought the 45 rpm single when I was a kid.
Still like it today.

"Fool in the Rain" - Led Zeppelin

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 10:49 PM (y171U)

147 Van Halen "Fools" @ Piper Club Rome Italy 1980 https://youtu.be/0zXimFUS8uE

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (syz1S)

148
Saw The Who in 1971 in Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Great acoustics and they put on a wonderful concert, including "Won't get fooled again". Loud.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (eBcaT)

149 Some years ago we went to tour the Univ of Alabama.
I thought the ppl were super nice but the sky was too low and the land too flat and it was too muggy.
Hubby & kty thought they saw racism. I asked how. They said ppl self-segregated by color.
I said it's the same in Philly, except there was more yellow and brown in Philly.
Sometimes -isms are in the eyes of the observers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (eZ5tL)

150 My mom sometimes watched The Masked Singer. I concur, it was hot garbage.

Posted by: Robert at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (i+IiT)

151 If already posted, my apologies

Led Zepplin...Fool in the Rain

https://tinyurl.com/mnps38bj

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (WONhk)

152 My dad had a drill press joke. He'd hold up 2 fingers and say, "What's this?"
Answer: A drill press operator ordering 3 beers.

Drill press operators tended to lose fingers.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 01, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)

153 "Lets have a bachelor party, with chicks, and guns, and firetrucks, and drugs, and hookers, and booze."

Whats not to like??? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

No beastly Honda Trail 110. Not even a mention.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 01, 2026 10:52 PM (glnUu)

154 @134

>>Alaska or Japan for a 30th anniversary vacation. Hubby would like to do Europe. I am hell to the naw naw.

Been to both, If you have to pick one, pick Japan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)

155 The Cars have a song called Cool Fool. Sounds nothing like the Cars because Ocasek doesn't sing it ( he wrote it) and it has rock guitar. Not bad song though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:55 PM (V4IXI)

156 Frank Sinatra's broken heart when he lost "Ava Gardner"
You can feel the pain in "I'm a Fool to Want You"

https://tinyurl.com/2n2nsydj

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 10:55 PM (33qKx)

157 138 > What's TLI ?
----------
Trans
Lunar
Injection

"Full power to the moon"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 10:44 PM (AkEZC)

More Trans stuff...?

Is there no escaping it?

You left off 'Alice' in your last sentence...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 10:55 PM (QGaXH)

158 so everyone talked me into listening to Plant's Ship of Fools.
It is actually good.
I'd not heard it before.
-----
The music industry has always been a Hunter S. Thompson world (most of you will get the quote).

I would like to encourage the 'Rons who aren't familiar with Robert Plants FIRST solo album to find it and give it a listen. Its titled "Pictures at Eleven".

Plant stepped out first after John Bonham's death ended Led Zeppelin. He put together a masterful album...it had his ringing voice and reminded listeners that he was the voice of Zeppelin. But the album wasn't a blatant attempt to rip off Led Zeppelin.

Musically, it included the previously undiscovered Robbie Blunt on guitars. More than half the tracks had Phil Collins on drums, even though Genesis was at the height of their popularity--that was the power that Robert Plant had. The remaining tracks had Cozy Powell on drums, whose resume included long stints with Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Emerson Lake and Powell (the successor to Emerson Lake and Palmer).

Here's a haunting track off Robert Plant's first solo album. It sounds both "like Zeppelin", and yet...individual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doj08c62

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 10:56 PM (Cjcf6)

159 >>> My mom sometimes watched The Masked Singer. I concur, it was hot garbage.
Posted by: Robert at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (i+IiT)

Oh it is. But the costumes are fun.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 10:56 PM (sRnGJ)

160 The Masked Singer is something you would see in Japan. Wouldn't be surprised that's where they got it from.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:57 PM (V4IXI)

161 Q: What's the opposite of intonation?
A: Detonation.
youtube.com/watch?v=A72olKzlN_Q

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 10:58 PM (N8ZBc)

162 Hubby & kty thought they saw racism. I asked how. They said ppl self-segregated by color.
I said it's the same in Philly, except there was more yellow and brown in Philly.
Sometimes -isms are in the eyes of the observers
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport


Heh.
How did your own little tour group rank in 'diversity' relative to the natives?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 10:58 PM (/lPRQ)

163 Connie Francis "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" on The Ed Sullivan Show
https://youtu.be/iiDkSeoky6o

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 01, 2026 10:59 PM (syz1S)

164 My apologies, bad link to the Robert Plant song from his first EPIC solo album. Here's the better link:

https://shorturl.at/bNf40

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 10:59 PM (Cjcf6)

165
We've got cislunar and translunar space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

166 you want French Eurythmics? we have French Eurythmics
youtu.be/sM2ZhByFcDk

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)

167 How did your own little tour group rank in 'diversity' relative to the natives?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Yellow & brown

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 11:00 PM (eZ5tL)

168 Been to both, If you have to pick one, pick Japan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)

Yes. Not that I don't want to see Alaska. But damn. Japan is relatively cheap I am getting hubby ready for Japan trip. Thank you.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:01 PM (syAfa)

169 The Artemis launch was cool! Wish I could have seen it in person.

I'm deflated about the new video evidence that might exist that proves Bigfoot was a hoax. Film was finally processed that shows possible Bigfoot costume tests before the famous hoax footage was shot. Even though Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti is probably 100% fake, it's such a cool urban legend, I kind of want it to remain a mystery forever.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 11:01 PM (G7M92)

170 149 Some years ago we went to tour the Univ of Alabama.
I thought the ppl were super nice but the sky was too low and the land too flat and it was too muggy.
Hubby & kty thought they saw racism. I asked how. They said ppl self-segregated by color.
I said it's the same in Philly, except there was more yellow and brown in Philly.
Sometimes -isms are in the eyes of the observers
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 10:50 PM (eZ5tL)

My California beach-raised OC son insisted on going to UNC-Chapel Hill. He was warmly welcomed and stayed on for a Ph.D.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 11:01 PM (QGaXH)

171 Newsome's hypocrite wife should just take the children on a tour of California's homeless encampments.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 01, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)

172
cis and trans were perfectly good Latin prefixes, meaning "same side" and "opposite side" roughly, used in scientific/technical jargon. Then, like other words, they got appropriated by lunatics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

173 Ultimately it was the preponderance of greek life in UA that made kte decide not to enroll
I guess she is anti-greek
A hele-phobe
Anti-Attican?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 11:03 PM (eZ5tL)

174 No ice funding. GOP bends o er to Democrats again. Because how else would this end? lol

Oh oh but Thune pinky swore he’ll fund ice through reconciliation. Phew. Here I was worried over nothing.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 11:04 PM (IlFr/)

175 Hubby would like to do Europe. I am hell to the naw naw.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:42 PM (syAfa)


Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic.

Clean, beautiful, safe, inexpensive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:05 PM (n9ltV)

176 It ain't in Alabama where it's hard for a black guy to hail a cab. ( granted there aren't any cities in the South where you 'hail' a cab)

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 11:05 PM (V4IXI)

177 Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a FOOL or a COWARD. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is BOTH.

…for a wounded man shall say to his assailant: “If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven.”

Such is the rule of honor.

Posted by: Omerta at April 01, 2026 11:05 PM (hJH5n)

178 I was going to give a nod to MisHum with Zappa Dancin' Fool...
Comment 113 beat me to it😜...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 11:06 PM (dACf/)

179 >>Yes. Not that I don't want to see Alaska. But damn. Japan is relatively cheap I am getting hubby ready for Japan trip. Thank you.

Not sure why but over the last week or so X has been sending translated tweets between Japanese commenters and Americans. The reaction has been pretty cool. There are a lot of Japanese who like American culture. Texas BBQ seems high on the list.

I liked visiting a lot. Beautiful place and equally beautiful culture.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)

180 174: but they are funded to 2028!

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)

181 I'm deflated about the new video evidence that might exist that proves Bigfoot was a hoax. Film was finally processed that shows possible Bigfoot costume tests before the famous hoax footage was shot. Even though Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti is probably 100% fake, it's such a cool urban legend, I kind of want it to remain a mystery forever.
Posted by: LizLem


Yeah, Bigfoot was a costume. But they couldn't make the walking gait weird enough with a human, so they used a gray alien.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

182 Newsome's hypocrite wife should just take the children on a tour of California's homeless encampments.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 01, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)

I think she's afraid that if she spent much time around real people, her nose would turn into a pig's snout, because she tries to stick it so high into the air.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 11:08 PM (S/Y4j)

183 Anonymous Rogue, congrats to your son! He sounds smart & hard-working.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 11:09 PM (znREB)

184 I suspect the car culture in this country isn't the best anymore either. That doesn't help matters.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
---

It started dying the day you could not go to the showroom, Monday, and buy the car that won on Sunday. That was the knell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 11:10 PM (JZkx/)

185 Never saw "Nobody's Fool", but you made me curious. I just read that Willis took the base salary $1,400 per week just to be able to do a movie with Newman. Additionally, he was left out of the advertising (posters) at his own request and doesn't appear in the opening credits. He did this because he was all action movies in that time period and didn't want to confuse movie goers/fans. It was his prime, I belive (1994). Tandy died unexpectedly before the film was released. AND, Phillip Seymour Hoffman is in it playing a police officer in one his earlier roles.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 11:11 PM (dIske)

186 Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic.

Clean, beautiful, safe, inexpensive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:05 PM (n9ltV)

Thank you, CBD. Hubby lived and worked in Germany for a bit in the 1990s. He wants me to see it. He doesn't realize it has changed.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:12 PM (syAfa)

187 Oh? You've dedicated this ONT to me!

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 11:13 PM (R0wwO)

188 Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 11:11 PM (dIske)

If you like movies that just tells a basic story of life then this is one of the best imo.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 11:13 PM (V4IXI)

189 Decimated means 1 of 10. Annihilated is a better word.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

1 of 10 remaining

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 01, 2026 11:16 PM (KAi1n)

190 Not sure why but over the last week or so X has been sending translated tweets between Japanese commenters and Americans. The reaction has been pretty cool. There are a lot of Japanese who like American culture. Texas BBQ seems high on the list.

I liked visiting a lot. Beautiful place and equally beautiful culture.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)

I've been reading the Japanese tweets. Grok opened up communication between US and Japan. Cool beans.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:17 PM (syAfa)

191 >>> Hubby would like to do Europe. I am hell to the naw naw.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 10:42 PM (syAfa)
Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic.
Clean, beautiful, safe, inexpensive.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:05 PM (n9ltV)

Switzerland still might be ok?

It used to be so clean people would float down the Aere River, the main river flowing though Bern, in the summer. Try that in the Seine and you'll probably get radiation poisoning and every parasite known to man. And they have some of the tougher immigration laws in Europe.

I hear Japan is cheap once you get there, it's the airfare that's killer. Travel goals!

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 11:17 PM (gh+Ib)

192 nononated.

[do do di doodoo)

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

193 I've been reading the Japanese tweets. Grok opened up communication between US and Japan. Cool beans.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:17 PM (syAfa)

But my hovercraft remains full of eels.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 11:18 PM (JjVZx)

194 "I pity the fool."

Posted by: Mr. T at April 01, 2026 11:18 PM (6voJQ)

195 Oh? You've dedicated this ONT to me!
Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson


If you were twice as smart, you'd still have to work hard to make it all the way up to "fool."

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:19 PM (VHUov)

196 >>> Yeah, Bigfoot was a costume. But they couldn't make the walking gait weird enough with a human, so they used a gray alien.

There weren't enough lizard people around?

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 11:19 PM (gh+Ib)

197 151
I saw this post, and immediately fired up the Victrola and got up to dance! Amazing song (for me)! The instrumental changes throughout the song are quite impressive. 🎶

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 11:21 PM (dACf/)

198
Watching Gutfeld and they're discussing Gavin Newsome's wife's interview with Jen Psaki where she (Newsome) talks about taking their young children to Alabama so they can see and experience racism, poverty and ignorance (paraphrasing) first hand.

What infuriates me is Mrs Newsome's smug condescension and confidence that nobody will ask her to 'give us an example that the kid's saw....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan


If the oleaginous Gavin becomes the Dim's nominee in 2028, tie this cupid stunt's bigotry around his neck in political advertising and strangle him with it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:22 PM (xG4kz)

199 “ they have some of the tougher immigration laws”

Lot of muzzies from Albania and the former Yugoslavia were let in. And like everywhere else they’re multiplying fast.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 11:23 PM (IlFr/)

200 >>Switzerland still might be ok?

>>It used to be so clean people would float down the Aere River, the main river flowing though Bern, in the summer. Try that in the Seine and you'll probably get radiation poisoning and every parasite known to man. And they have some of the tougher immigration laws in Europe.

My peeps. Some of them.

Plus my old Swiss customer was in Bern and I always found a reason to visit at least once a year. The Christmas Market was really nice. Seriously beautiful country.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)

201 We managed to do Australia bigly in 2003 when we were broke young kids and supporting my mentally ill MIL. The 30th anniversary trip will be lit!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:25 PM (syAfa)

202
Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh_ scanner • Mar 27
Knoxville. Reifert Street. Caller said a bunch of people were in the street.
PD arrived and said they found that it was for a memorial balloon release. When they released their balloons, it hit the power lines and took out a
large portion of the neighborhood's power.


Ain't that just like Aunt Estelle, though? Woman always was a buzz killer.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:27 PM (xG4kz)

203
Thank you, CBD. Hubby lived and worked in Germany for a bit in the 1990s. He wants me to see it. He doesn't realize it has changed.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
---

Before you leave go to a good saddle maker and have him make you a leather collar that also covers the top of your shoulders and between your blades. Your in Austin? In San Antone there's Liebman's and I think Oscar Carvajals grandson is still in business.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 11:30 PM (JZkx/)

204 One of my kittens likes to watch youtube videos of birds and squirrels -- Cat TV if you will. I realized recently she doesn't want to watch it on her own, she wants to sit by me and watch it with me.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 11:30 PM (rbvCR)

205 140 Remember when one of the news shows went undercover at a NASCAR event to show how racist the fans were? FAIL.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg



LoL!! I 'memba!! That was in 2002, when the post 9/11 view in the msm was that the racist America hillbillys were burning muslims at the stake around the country. They just had to find the most racist part of flyover land. Turned out that was Martinsville, VA. I think it was 20/20. One of those newz shows. They sent a couple of muslims, decked out in robes and prayer hats, to rural VA, hoping for a racist incident they were so sure wsa to happen. (cont'd)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 11:31 PM (o4wD0)

206 Well I heard Ms. Newsom squawk about her
I heard Ms Newsom put her down
I hope Ms. Newsom will remember
Southern people don't t need her around, anyhow
Sweet home Alabama.....

I could have cussed her out but it's not worth it.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 11:33 PM (pvf3X)

207 It started dying the day you could not go to the showroom, Monday, and buy the car that won on Sunday. That was the knell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 11:10 PM (JZkx/)

Much truth to that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 11:34 PM (snZF9)

208 This one came up as part of one of my mixes the other day --though I think I'll be removing it upon deeper reflection of the lyrics in light of Doug's...erm...proclivities. Once upon a time they were great -- especially the first two albums. This is from their fifth album, which definitely signaled their departure from faith:

Kings X - Fool You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9IYzjp9juw

Posted by: goozer at April 01, 2026 11:35 PM (BAs8w)

209 Did anyone say "Fool #1". I'm really old and remember Brenda Lee singing it on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1961. Old = ancient

Posted by: AlmostYuman at April 01, 2026 11:35 PM (xEtvN)

210 205: cont'd

Well, nothing happened and it was all on camera. Everyone was nice to them. Helped them to the ticket counter, explained NASCAR nuances at a short track (there aren't many), and generally just left them alone. Nothing happened. It was funny! Must have been a blow to there precious worldview. Maybe. They have since doubled and tripled down on the razist country bumpkin locals who hang minorities as a hobby.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 11:36 PM (o4wD0)

211
Was it not at a NASCAR event where the crowd was chanting "Fook Joe Biden" and the bimby behind the microphone expressed the idea of how cute it was that they were chanting, "Let's go Brandon" to support of one of the car drivers?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:36 PM (xG4kz)

212 Before you leave go to a good saddle maker and have him make you a leather collar that also covers the top of your shoulders and between your blades. Your in Austin? In San Antone there's Liebman's and I think Oscar Carvajals grandson is still in business.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 11:30 PM (JZkx/)

We live in reality land outside Austin. I pray to not go to Europe. There is nothing there I would like to see. I would only go to please Mr Scary for our 30rh anniversary.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:37 PM (syAfa)

213
We live in reality land outside Austin. I pray to not go to Europe. There is nothing there I would like to see. I would only go to please Mr Scary for our 30rh anniversary.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary


Poland and Hungary only. The remaining countries are in the grasp of their illegal migrant invaders.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:39 PM (xG4kz)

214 Dio, All the Fools Sailed Away:

https://tinyurl.com/4c2ankdv

Posted by: You Really Can't Beat RJD at April 01, 2026 11:40 PM (oPkIG)

215 We live in reality land outside Austin. I pray to not go to Europe. There is nothing there I would like to see. I would only go to please Mr Scary for our 30rh anniversary.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 11:37 PM (syAfa)

There's a lot I would like to see in europe, but we would have to neutron bomb the shit out of it first, because the locals suck.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

216 >>> Yeah, Bigfoot was a costume. But they couldn't make the walking gait weird enough with a human, so they used a gray alien.

There weren't enough lizard people around?
Posted by: LizLem


There were, but the tails.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)

217 Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on glue
I glued my balls to my butthole again...

https://tinyurl.com/3xzmek4u

Posted by: 496 at April 01, 2026 11:43 PM (ixzX2)

218
Sorry I'm late, some fool re-progrsmmed my GPS. At every intersection I heard Bugs Bunny's voice telling me to turn left.
Posted by: tankdemon


It sounds like you picked a bad night to drive around Albequerque.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:44 PM (xG4kz)

219 I would love to have seen Yurrup before it fell.

Got to see Japan, so at least I can't say I've never left this continent. Good enough!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

220 Ok. Before it gets too serious here, I will bid you all adue...
Or something....

"Time to say goodbye to consciousness.”
Love youz❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 01, 2026 11:44 PM (dACf/)

221
Now, they're apparently back to working on the space toilet. Proximity test worked well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

222 211
Was it not at a NASCAR event where the crowd was chanting "Fook Joe Biden" and the bimby behind the microphone expressed the idea of how cute it was that they were chanting, "Let's go Brandon" to support of one of the car drivers?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot



LoL! Yep! Talladega Speedway. God Bless Alabama!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 01, 2026 11:45 PM (o4wD0)

223
Now, they're apparently back to working on the space toilet. Proximity test worked well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley


Did someone pop on over to Ace Hardware to pick up a Space Plunger for only $9.89?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:47 PM (xG4kz)

224
Adieu Drop Inn is that little tavern down the road for those with breaking up on their minds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:49 PM (xG4kz)

225 94 I might indeed be the Moron who likes Morrissey and the Smiths.
Posted by: gKWVE, of the international play boys at April 01, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

Me too. I saw him in concert several months ago.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 01, 2026 11:50 PM (CzMNg)

226 Now, they're apparently back to working on the space toilet. Proximity test worked well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Did someone pop on over to Ace Hardware to pick up a Space Plunger for only $9.89?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:47 PM (xG4kz)

The gal used too much toilet paper.

Or one of the guys decided to eat a ghost pepper gummy bear right before launch to wake up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:51 PM (bss/y)

227 I liked the Smiths. I'm not familiar with Morrisey's stuff though

Posted by: 496 at April 01, 2026 11:52 PM (v3ONH)

228

Space toilet
Bet you weren't ready for that!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

229 >>Ship of Fools. Robert Plant:

>>youtu.be/4h-TmhXavdw

And the Dead.

https://tinyurl.com/36r5jbn3


And World Party

https://youtu.be/B2nCugGQZO0

Posted by: Average Guy at April 01, 2026 11:53 PM (lPHZZ)

230 Heckuva storm for the last couple of hours. Heavy enough rain or cloud or something that it blocked our StarLink connection for a while.

Probably just as well we didn't set the trash out yet. The storm might've blown the garbage all down the road.

March went out like a lamb. April came in like a twister.

Posted by: mindful webworker - just another Oklahoma Spring day at April 01, 2026 11:53 PM (jrd4M)

231 Now, they're apparently back to working on the space toilet. Proximity test worked well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Did someone pop on over to Ace Hardware to pick up a Space Plunger for only $9.89?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:47 PM (xG4kz)

If they looked in the glove box they might have found a Space Balls the turd chaser.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9)

232
I'm not familiar with Morrisey's stuff though

Here's a sample

https://youtu.be/XQR78U6zvGI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)

233
The best part of "Nobody's Fool" are the dialogues between Paul Newman (Donald, her boarder) and Jessica Tandy (Miss Beryl, his grade school teacher). Josef Sommer is excellent as Miss Beryl's local banker son ("The Bank", as Donald sarcastically calls him).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:56 PM (xG4kz)

234
The gal used too much toilet paper.


LOL.

Sounds like our two grandkids. We should go long on Scott Paper in the stock market.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 11:59 PM (xG4kz)

235 One of my cousins (male, btw) would always plug up the toilet when we were at grandma's house for holidays. Too much paper! Even as an adult... smh.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

236
Yeah, Bigfoot was a costume.


Who is going to take a financial bath for the Sasquatch hunters television shows? Maybe they should consider doing double showings, back to back, with the Oak Island shows.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:03 AM (xG4kz)

237
It seems there's always that one family member who can always screw up your toilet. I don't understand how some people can just mess stuff up like that. They have a special talent.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:04 AM (w6EFb)

238 Donald Trump - Clip from every year from 1980 to 2024
> this is good

youtube.com/watch?v=-luF0nLlM3A

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 12:05 AM (x+pID)

239 It seems there's always that one family member who can always screw up your toilet. I don't understand how some people can just mess stuff up like that. They have a special talent.
Posted by: publius


You're related to Jerry Nadler?!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)

240
There's some people that just have no mechanical intuition about how to "find the right combination". A toilet handle may be a bit tricky. We've got one like that in the house. Now, all you have to do is hold it down a half second longer, but there's one relation I won't mention who can't do that. So, the flapper partially opens, then slams back shut, letting not enough slug of water go through. It's just enough to flood and start the trap flush, but no enough to push a wad through. And said wad sticks, and it's plunger or snake time.

Guy has no clue about what's happening. Me, I notice stuff like that immediately, and compensate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

241 Good evening morons und danke Dino.

The brisket was equisite.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:08 AM (RIvkX)

242 I don't understand how some people can just mess stuff up like that. They have a special talent.
Posted by: publius
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Yeah. Heh. Dumbass cousin hadn't learned (I guess?) that it's ok to flush when you're only halfway done, and then again later.

I dunno. At least he's got his own house now, kids & grandkids, and hopefully learned his lessons.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

243 Ah, that tarot card's from the Rider Waite Smith deck, TRex. Love the designs and symbolism in each and every card. Learned how to do tarot readings but could never memorize the lot and always had to use the reference book. However, I did learn how to read palms and for some reason don't have a problem remembering everything. Go figure?

Used The Magician card as inspiration for an SCA scroll:

https://history.westkingdom.org/scribal/
scribal_project.php?project_id=40

Posted by: tankascribe at April 02, 2026 12:09 AM (NtoJk)

244
And had another relation who would force thing. Say a door latch wasn't exactly right, binding a little bit. Rather than jiggling things around and finding the right combination, he'll just force it, breaking things eventually.

There's some people that just do that, force things, no sense of how much force is too much, and they tear shit up all the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

245 @GiorgiaMeloni
Mar 29
The Security Decree works.

The preventive detention ordered for 91 individuals from the anarchist movement, deemed dangerous and who arrived in Rome for a demonstration unauthorized by the Police Headquarters in memory of the two anarchists who died on March 19 in the explosion of a bomb they were making, confirms the necessity of this provision.
--

Locked up 91 in one swoop. We should do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 12:10 AM (x+pID)

246 https://youtu.be/XQR78U6zvGI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)
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That's the damndest thing I've seen all day!

Posted by: 496 at April 02, 2026 12:11 AM (KJYe0)

247
This guy tore up the window handle in and old farm truck years ago. The handle would bind a little, and you just had to sort of wiggle and jiggle it, and it would work fine. But no, he had to force it, and just broke the handle.

There's a reason some people can get a long life out of tools and equipment, and others can't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:12 AM (w6EFb)

248
I confess to enjoy watching restoration videos.

I get annoyed with the dramatic delays in videos where a stone has been cut in two and the a-hole who made the cut dawdles and shows the wetted surface of the formerly whole stone for a minute of so before opening up the two halves to reveal what was inside.

I get extremely aggravated by the turning videos where some materials are glued together, that whole assembly is immersed in a settable plastic, and then the a-hole takes forever and a day to turn the piece on a lathe only to discover that he made ... a wastebasket. Into which he ought to be shown piling the mountain of shavings he created during the process.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:12 AM (xG4kz)

249 Dump says putin agrees with him that he has the pee tape. Also that nato is a paper tiger. Its now up to nato countries to deal with dump.

Posted by: raimondo at April 02, 2026 12:13 AM (dRQ/6)

250 Hey guys,

Hope you all got to enjoy the Artemis launch tonight.

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-58
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 2, 2026
Launch Time: 7:52 a.m. EDT (1152 UTC, 13:52 CEST)

https://youtu.be/0nyQognc8TA

Posted by: Joyenz at April 02, 2026 12:15 AM (2F0/Y)

251 I thought that Elvis Fools Rush In was a little livelier and twangier than whoever it was I was remembering. Looked it up and, like others above, found Ricky Nelson, but that was about the same.

But there was a very young Frank Sinatra, less frantic
https://youtu.be/wKYKStouuBI

And Doris Day, sultry lounge sound
https://youtu.be/QAfIu-2XGEA

And Peggy Lee, more like what I had thought of
https://youtu.be/mvFzzc_ROVc

Posted by: mindful webworker - no foolin' at April 02, 2026 12:16 AM (jrd4M)

252
Guy has no clue about what's happening. Me, I notice stuff like that immediately, and compensate.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley


"His skill at executing plunger free flushing of the crapper was the stuff of legends" would be a memorable epitaph to have on one's headstone.

Except that I intend to be cremated and have my ashes scattered and buried out in a wooded area somewhere.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:17 AM (xG4kz)

253 >>The handle would bind a little, and you just had to sort of wiggle and jiggle it, and it would work fine. But no, he had to force it, and just broke the handle.
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Yeah, when cleaning & lubricating the window tracks might have solved the problem. (Did this for hubby's old truck when a window "stuck")

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

254 Melanie Griffith is sadly underused in that trailer.

Might have to see the movie now.

Yes, Something Wild is awesome!!! Stay for the credits which go something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8NSqlaTMM

Posted by: Grok AI at April 02, 2026 12:19 AM (1a8TS)

255 Not to be a Donny Downer but in all the discussions I've read today on the crew activities and phases of the Artty II mission, I didn't see as single mention of the issue with the heat shield.

I wonder if NASA has worked with the Sir Force Imaging group in Hawaii to get any specialized shots during reentry similar to what they tried with Columbia. Talk about politically charged.

Posted by: pawn at April 02, 2026 12:20 AM (qmOsv)

256 When Boy F. comes down the stairs I swear he jumps up in the air and lands with both feet and 200 lbs on the next step. I half expect him to crash through.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:21 AM (RIvkX)

257
249


Still retarded.

A universal constant, just like the speed of light.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:21 AM (xG4kz)

258 Remember dumpsters now 60% of the country loathes you and you better hope the democrats put up a corporate donor class stooge like can't we all just get along gavin newsom and not a leftist democrat who agrees with dump that the law is what I say it is and starts arresting dumpsters who brings down Canada's termination booths and renames them dumpster voting booths!

Posted by: raimondo at April 02, 2026 12:22 AM (dRQ/6)

259 255 Not to be a Donny Downer but in all the discussions I've read today on the crew activities and phases of the Artty II mission, I didn't see as single mention of the issue with the heat shield.

I wonder if NASA has worked with the Sir Force Imaging group in Hawaii to get any specialized shots during reentry similar to what they tried with Columbia. Talk about politically charged.

Historical fact:
Capricorn One starred none other than OJ Simpson.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 12:22 AM (v2Nbw)

260 79 I've been watching this videos by "Sock Puppet Master" that are hilarious.

He takes real police cam videos and animates them...and it amazes me how stupid people can be. About half the videos are people working themselves up from a warning or maybe a traffic citation to...jail time.

https://tinyurl.com/y34jvy7b
Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)


Wow. I just watched the first one, license plate APEY, and I would like to be that happy just once in my life. But not at the cost of a DUI. And even if the same guy had the same specific mix of chemicals, I don't think he would have as much fun at home alone, without the stimulation of the unexpected. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I actually don't want it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 12:23 AM (Sy6m/)

261
245 @GiorgiaMeloni
Mar 29
The Security Decree works.

The preventive detention ordered for 91 individuals from the anarchist movement, deemed dangerous and who arrived in Rome for a demonstration unauthorized by the Police Headquarters in memory of the two anarchists who died on March 19 in the explosion of a bomb they were making, confirms the necessity of this provision.
--

Locked up 91 in one swoop. We should do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 12:10 AM

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The fun couple stupidly blew themselves up building a bomb that was supposed to kill other people instead of them. I'm surprised the anarchists want to memorialize this event instead of cover it up. It advertises both their stupidity and the fact that they want to kill us.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 02, 2026 12:23 AM (VWtfl)

262 Peggy Lee, Russians would say hotchic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 12:25 AM (x+pID)

263
Historical fact:
Capricorn One starred none other than OJ Simpson.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE


And Mister Barbra Streisand.

The missus and I started watching it some months back before I lost patience and changed the channel. "Damn, this is a stupid movie -- what's on Sasquatch Hunters?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:25 AM (xG4kz)

264 retardo's brain might actually be smaller than the Planck mass.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 12:26 AM (gKWVE)

265 A prank we used to play when I was a kid was to ask someone if he wanted his palm red.

If the answer was yes, we'd pull out the concealed mercurochrome dropper and put a streak of it across the palm.

This was back when we were still allowed to have mercurochrome.

Im looking forward to getting the tube out of my dick next week. The pathology report confirmed the doc's belief that he got all the cancer (plus a little extra around the edges to be sure). The pain is mostly gone except when I sit upright at the computer for a long time. Aspirin and Tylenol are taking care of it now, though.

I start immunotherapy the week after that. The prognosis is good so far.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 12:27 AM (IG3/x)

266
A young Sam Waterston was in that as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

267 Good news! The Wolowotz zero g toilet has been fixed on Artemis.

Posted by: Archer at April 02, 2026 12:29 AM (wvc0i)

268
'Tardo thinks that femtoseconds are the second helpings for kink seekers who suck on women's toes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:29 AM (xG4kz)

269 261
245 @GiorgiaMeloni
The Security Decree works.

Too bad congressMonsters don't;
just shut up and DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
Dare to be St00p1d


Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 12:29 AM (6F+VU)

270 Bad news: the female astronaut has taken command of the toilet and is fixing up her eyelashes

Posted by: gKWVE at April 02, 2026 12:30 AM (gKWVE)

271
In the League of Sanctimonious Twatwaffles, Sam Waterson more than holds his own against M.A.S.H.'s Alan Alda and Mike Farrell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:34 AM (xG4kz)

272 The prognosis is good so far.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 12:27 AM (IG3/x)
====

b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2026 12:35 AM (RIvkX)

273 Good news! The Wolowotz zero g toilet has been fixed on Artemis.

Posted by: Archer at April 02, 2026 12:29 AM (wvc0i)

I wonder if that thing is like the ball suckers they got on cruise ships. You really don't want to be sitting down on those when you flush.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 12:36 AM (snZF9)

274
Bad news: the female astronaut has taken command of the toilet and is fixing up her eyelashes
Posted by: gKWVE


I eagerly await the crisis that will be brought on from her locking herself in the toilet and bawling her eyes out because one of the guys said the rapidly enlarging view of the Moon made her ass look fat.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:37 AM (xG4kz)

275 I wonder if that thing is like the ball suckers they got on cruise ships. You really don't want to be sitting down on those when you flush.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 12:36 AM (snZF9)

Or...

Maybe you do.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:37 AM (bss/y)

276 In the League of Sanctimonious Twatwaffles

Wait 'til you get a load o' ME.

Posted by: Bono at April 02, 2026 12:37 AM (gKWVE)

277
Artemis tracker:

https://is.gd/CUDtKs

That will take some playing with to get the hang of it. All of these types of trackers behave a little differently.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

278 276 In the League of Sanctimonious Twatwaffles

Wait 'til you get a load o' ME.
Posted by: Bono at April 02, 2026 12:37 AM (gKWVE)

Sean Penn and the fat fuck Michael Moore.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:40 AM (bss/y)

279
For grins, I checked the Urvan Dictionary's definition of "twatwaffle" and found this:

...to earn the title of twatwaffle, one must also attempt to assert authority/expertise where none is had, or use power/authority when they are offended by things that most people find humorous, and then use that authority to get the "offenders," in trouble and the "offending material" removed.


A twatwaffle is Karen-adjacent, in other words.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:43 AM (xG4kz)

280 Artemis tracker:

https://is.gd/CUDtKs

That will take some playing with to get the hang of it. All of these types of trackers behave a little differently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

Pretty cool. Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:44 AM (bss/y)

281 271In the League of Sanctimonious Twatwaffles, Sam Waterson more than holds his own against M.A.S.H.'s Alan Alda and Mike Farrell.

Waterson would have Crush'd in Dark Skies (1996) opposite pre-borg/Jeri Ryan -- pre-CLOVERFIELD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 02, 2026 12:47 AM (eZF8n)

282
Artemis tracker:


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ARTEMIS WAS THE GREEK GODDESS OF THE HUNT AND HUNTERS TRACK THEIR PREY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 02, 2026 12:48 AM (xG4kz)

283 Drill press operators tended to lose fingers.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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I had so buddy in high school.whose father was disability-forced retired (I think there was some union agreement involved). At any rate all he had left was the full ring finger and the first joint of the middle finger on his left hand, and his thumb and middle finger on the right. He'd been a punch press operator on biiig equipment for almost 30 years at Westinghouse Electric.
Machine operators building metal for large equipment experience a lot of quick amputations.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 12:50 AM (nwB28)

284
'Bye!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 12:50 AM (xG4kz)

285 Artemis tracker:

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ARTEMIS WAS THE GREEK GODDESS OF THE HUNT AND HUNTERS TRACK THEIR PREY.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 02, 2026 12:48 AM (xG4kz)

Good to see Ben.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2026 12:51 AM (bss/y)

286 Machine shop, summer high school job, night shift drill press operator was blind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 12:52 AM (x+pID)

287
Just heard on the audio they're talking about a "CCU dump". CCU = collapsible contingency urinal. So, they must about to dump the piss they accumulated due to the malfunctioning space toilet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 12:55 AM (w6EFb)

288 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 12:27 AM
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Praying for you, for health and healing!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

289 @sentdefender
2h
Gold and silver prices collapse following tonight’s Address to the Nation on the Iran War by President Donald J. Trump

Apr 02, 2026 12:57 AM NY Time
Silver - 71.83
Live gold Price - Apr 02, 2026 - 4,671.60
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Don't think collapse is the correct term, maybe for a drama queen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:02 AM (x+pID)

290 Evening, Horde. Had a nice prime rib dinner, and good times with old friends. Back in hotel room in Comox, BC.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:02 AM (+KZdK)

291 Don't think collapse is the correct term, maybe for a drama queen.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:02 AM (x+pID)

For retardo, the word is "prolapse".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:04 AM (+KZdK)

292 Howdy, AOP!

I read somewhere that the petition for Alberta independence, has "enough signatures" and more coming in..

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

293 Just checking some numbers Mrs. Newsom may want to look at - The black poverty rate in California is more than 50% higher than the overall state rate.
California's black unemployment rate was almost double Alabama's black unemployment rate and almost double California's while unemployment rate.
California's black incarceration rate is almost 10 times that of white Californians and higher than Alabama's black incarceration rate (2021 data, the most recent I could find).
She could have shown her kids much worse racism in California.
Seems like a trip to Alabama was a big waste of fuel, although the good news for her family is when they had to fill up for the return trip, gas for blacks and whites cost half of what it would have in California.

Posted by: Wally at April 02, 2026 01:10 AM (zG4BR)

294 The State of Idaho is no longer tolerating [DEI / LGBQWERTY] insurgency.

On Tuesday, Mayor Lauren McLean was forced to remove the Progress Pride flag from display in Downtown Boise after Governor Brad Little signed HB 561. ...., limit[ing] local governments to flying only the American flag, state flags, official military flags, recognized tribal flags, and the official flag of an Idaho university or college.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:10 AM (x+pID)

295
MC is uploading urine dump procedures to Artemis, now. The drama..... I'm on the edge of my seat for the pee dump.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:12 AM (w6EFb)

296
Talking about heaters now. They've got to warm the pee up before dumping. Hot piss dump in space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

297 One of my cousins (male, btw) would always plug up the toilet when we were at grandma's house for holidays. Too much paper! Even as an adult... smh.
Posted by: JQ
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Papa-son pulling a honey wagon down a dirt path on a US Army post, mumbling to.himself.
GI: Are you ok? What's the problem?
Papa-son: Yankee shit no good!
GI: What do you mean, "Yankee shit no good"? Our shit's as good as anyones!
Papa-son: Yankee shit no good!
GI: How is our shit bad?
Papa-son: Yankee shit no good! Too much paper!

For those who didn't understand, I'll explain... Yes, I know. It ruins the joke.
Throughout the Far East, human excrement is used as rice paddy fertilizer. It's collected in a hand-drawn cart and poured into a hole in one corner of the paddy over the course of the season, and just before planting spread across the paddy prior to flooding.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:14 AM (nwB28)

298 I read somewhere that the petition for Alberta independence, has "enough signatures" and more coming in..
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

Good news, but scarcely unexpected. Deranged twatwaffle Marx Carney is the best-ever salesman for Alberta independence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:15 AM (+KZdK)

299 Aviation
@xAviation
·
1h
A 757 landing sideways in 40 knot crosswind.

>> Literally sideways.

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 01:15 AM (W0TWV)

300 “Sharia is alive, well, and operating in Plano, Texas. Right now, as I speak, there is an existing Sharia-adherent enclave run by the East Plano Islamic Center in my congressional district. It’s been functioning for 12 years right in our midst. This is not a hypothetical or future threat. It is here, now and operational.”

...“It is a parallel society, a de facto Sharia enclave operating in defiance of full assimilation into American law situated immediately adjacent to the very law enforcement facilities meant to protect our communities.”
_Congressman Keith Self

youtube.com/watch?v=jMcWldfg28s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:15 AM (x+pID)

301
Talking about heaters now. They've got to warm the pee up before dumping. Hot piss dump in space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley


Who had "hot space piss dump porn" on their 2026 Bingo card?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 01:16 AM (xG4kz)

302 A 757 landing sideways in 40 knot crosswind.

>> Literally sideways.
Posted by: 13times
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It didn't happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:17 AM (x+pID)

303 Talking about heaters now. They've got to warm the pee up before dumping. Hot piss dump in space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

Is Goldilocks going to taste it to make sure it's "just right"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:18 AM (+KZdK)

304 298 I read somewhere that the petition for Alberta independence, has "enough signatures" and more coming in..
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

Good news, but scarcely unexpected. Deranged twatwaffle Marx Carney is the best-ever salesman for Alberta independence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Me too.
Be a good time for Trump to put a dart in his butt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:19 AM (x+pID)

305 Who had "hot space piss dump porn" on their 2026 Bingo card?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 01:16 AM (xG4kz)

I do! What did I win?

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 02, 2026 01:21 AM (JjVZx)

306
OKay, I had to find out why the hell they have to heat the piss. It's to prevent the discharge nozzle on the outside from freezing up. When the pressure goes to zero, it rapidly evaporates, freezes, then sublimates. Ice crystals forming in the nozzle and tube would clog it.

This close to the sun, it's all going to sublimate completely and very soon. Now, way out in the outer solar system, where insolation is much less, some ice would likely remain. This is why it's safe to dump urine (and water based stuff). It becomes vapor soon enough and doesn't leave any ice behind.

Million to one odds, but they don't won't to worry about leaving something in orbit they could slam into on the way back. Apollo was worried about this too. This is why they don't dump solids out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)

307 I signed the independence petition at a signing event in Arizona. There was a fairly good crowd; many folks coming and going.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:23 AM (+KZdK)

308 Talking about heaters now. They've got to warm the pee up before dumping. Hot piss dump in space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

Surely they could just vaporize the turds with their Phasers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:25 AM (+KZdK)

309 287
Just heard on the audio they're talking about a "CCU dump". CCU = collapsible contingency urinal. So, they must about to dump the piss they accumulated due to the malfunctioning space toilet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Sounds like the Russians.
As the astronaut steadies his camera for a click of the big blue marble, Splats a brown blob over the window.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:26 AM (x+pID)

310 >>Surely they could just vaporize the turds with their Phasers?
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LOL.

I was thinking they should all have been on a "low-residue" diet for some days before the mission.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

311 WOOF ARTED .............

You zipperheads get it ???

Probably too damn dumb to understand...

Anyway, I don't like your attitude, and I will come over there and "Beat the Piss Out Of all you Homo Fuck Stains""

Posted by: Joe Bribum at April 02, 2026 01:30 AM (xl8DV)

312 301
Talking about heaters now. They've got to warm the pee up before dumping. Hot piss dump in space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Who had "hot space piss dump porn" on their 2026 Bingo card?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2026 01:16 AM (xG4kz)

/Looks at yellow film on UFO windshield...

And then you wonder why Marvin wanted to use a Q-36 Space Fuel modulator to blow up the Earth...

Posted by: Gray Alien at April 02, 2026 01:30 AM (mP0Kj)

313 Hereby announcing that I am retiring from competition for ONT Firsts. It's not really like a competition. It's like a professional male wrestler going up against a Girl Scout.😁
*retiring with a mantle full of plastic "#1" trophies*
Posted by: mindful webworker - words are all I have at April 01, 2026 10:00

Well done mindful! Your quest for first is duly noted. You may exchange 20 #1 trophies for a one yr cardboard membership.

Best wishes in your new career wrestling "girl scouts". Keep us informed. What do we search for in pornhub?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 02, 2026 01:31 AM (55Qr6)

314 I read somewhere that the petition for Alberta independence, has "enough signatures" and more coming in..
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

Good news, but scarcely unexpected. Deranged twatwaffle Marx Carney is the best-ever salesman for Alberta independence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:15 AM (+KZdK)

I was watching videos of these adventure motorcyclists riding down from alaska and eventually through Alberta. Seriously, get the hell out of canada. Alberta looks really nice, way too nice for a retarded people who would vote for that carney imbecile.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 01:31 AM (snZF9)

315 It didn't happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:17 AM (x+pID)

Sheesh, it's AI?

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 01:31 AM (W0TWV)

316 A a diner today, mostly working class, serviced by Mexicans. Ordered a chicken fried with pinto beans as a side. They served the beans, you know, at a 'Mexican' restaurant one pays extra for frijolies ala charra, here, pintos ala charra no extra charge.
I'm going back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:31 AM (x+pID)

317 313 Hereby announcing that I am retiring from competition for ONT Firsts. It's not really like a competition. It's like a professional male wrestler going up against a Girl Scout.😁
*retiring with a mantle full of plastic "#1" trophies*
Posted by: mindful webworker - words are all I have at April 01, 2026 10:00

Well done mindful! Your quest for first is duly noted. You may exchange 20 #1 trophies for a one yr cardboard membership.

Best wishes in your new career wrestling "girl scouts". Keep us informed. What do we search for in pornhub?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 02, 2026 01:31 AM (55Qr6)

/searches Epstein files...

uhhhh

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2026 01:32 AM (mP0Kj)

318
Apollo was big on low residue, low fiber diets for that reason. But no matter, there's going to be some, and that was a big problem with the plastic bags they had to use.

Now, another advantage of low fiber is less gas. Apparently, and I just learned this, gas can get quite uncomfortable in low ambient pressure. Apollo was just 5 psi of pure O2 in space. Spacesuit pressure with the moon walks was even less, 3.75 psi.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

319 Now, another advantage of low fiber is less gas. Apparently, and I just learned this, gas can get quite uncomfortable in low ambient pressure. Apollo was just 5 psi of pure O2 in space. Spacesuit pressure with the moon walks was even less, 3.75 psi.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

"Funny as a fart in a space suit" is an old, old expression.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:35 AM (+KZdK)

320 >>>Now, another advantage of low fiber is less gas. Apparently, and I just learned this, gas can get quite uncomfortable in low ambient pressure. Apollo was just 5 psi of pure O2 in space. Spacesuit pressure with the moon walks was even less, 3.75 psi.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
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Just lite a match, It'll burn off that gas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:37 AM (x+pID)

321 Evening, Horde. Had a nice prime rib dinner, and good times with old friends. Back in hotel room in Comox, BC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I went through there almost 40 years ago. Son's Bantam team was playing in a tournament in Port Alberni. One of my cow-orkers needed to get his deceased grandmother's jewelry to.his sister who lived in Powell River. I probably committed some sort of smuggling offence, but I carried the stuff into CA. I would have loved to return down the mainland coast on the two ferries it would have taken, but my budget wouldn't allow it -towing a trailer. Just walked on the ferry at Comax, off the ferry at Powell River hand her the packege, back on the ferry and back to Comax.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:37 AM (nwB28)

322 China successfully hacked the FBI and had access to court-authorized surveillance orders. Putting the PRC in the position to detect investigations into its own espionage activity.
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As if Trump doesn't have enough reasons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:41 AM (x+pID)

323 We used to drive up to Alberta from Wenatchee to a beautiful little lake. We'd rent a tiny cabin and a boat and fish for hours. Of course there was no electricity, but they did have a generator to power the lodge - the lodge had a huge grizzly bear rug in the lobby and a Ham radio room.

It was the first time I ever saw a pissed off grizzly and she was attacking a camp trailer (two cubs in tow.)

Posted by: 13times at April 02, 2026 01:42 AM (W0TWV)

324 Saw this airplane today; attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new display pavilion constructed to house it at the Air Museum at CFB Comox.

https://tinyurl.com/yset7y8n

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:42 AM (+KZdK)

325 '"Funny as a fart in a space suit" is an old, old expression.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:35

AOP, did you see the leader of the Winnipeg conference? She went by they/them and I think that fits her crazy azz.

With those ears she looks like something out of the Hobbit.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 02, 2026 01:43 AM (55Qr6)

326 I would have loved to return down the mainland coast on the two ferries it would have taken, but my budget wouldn't allow it -towing a trailer. Just walked on the ferry at Comax, off the ferry at Powell River hand her the packege, back on the ferry and back to Comax.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 01:37 AM (nwB2

Did that trip many years ago. Comox to Powell River, Saltery Bay to (forgot name), drive down Langdale, the Langdale to Horseshoe Bay. Other than Comox, all those places are on the mainland, but deep and broad fjords isolate them from other mainland communities.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:48 AM (+KZdK)

327 Florida Man...& wife

Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was killed in a shooting, and her husband was taken into custody, Florida Politics report

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:49 AM (x+pID)

328 AOP, did you see the leader of the Winnipeg conference? She went by they/them and I think that fits her crazy azz.

With those ears she looks like something out of the Hobbit.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 02, 2026 01:43 AM (55Qr6)

Put a paintbrush moustache on her, and she's the spitting image of young Hitler. Similar totalitarian mindset, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:50 AM (+KZdK)

329 White House Post on Iran: 00:52 seconds

https://tinyurl.com/mb73bznf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:52 AM (x+pID)

330 Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was killed in a shooting, and her husband was taken into custody, Florida Politics report
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 01:49 AM (x+pID)

And she is not a white Republican! Too bad my shocked face is at the cleaners.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 01:54 AM (+KZdK)

331
Artemis is now ~34K miles from earth, well above circular geosynchronous radius.

I can't find a ground tack projection online (but I see one on the board at MC, but can't make it out). Anyway, the current orbital period is around 23.5 hours, so it's almost geosynchronous, but the highly elliptical nature means it's sometimes slower than earth's rotation, and sometimes faster, but averages out over the period. This makes for some interesting ground tracks, figure 8's that get wide.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

332 Sharia courts can have a place in the US legal system. A very small place. They can have the same status as arbitration panels, with the same restrictions: civil financial.matters only, no.personnel issues, like divorce, adoption,etc. Both sides agree to be bound.
Other than that, sharia "law" has no validity in the US.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 02, 2026 02:03 AM (nwB28)

333 Well, it has been a long, and eventful day for me. Drove several hundred miles in the rain. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2026 02:04 AM (+KZdK)

334 Can't even let "sharia" get a foot in the door, IMO.

The camel's nose, if you will...

Nope. Nope. Nopity nope.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

335 'Night, AOP. Glad you're having good travels!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

336 Can't even let "sharia" get a foot in the door, IMO.

The camel's nose, if you will...

Nope. Nope. Nopity nope.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

It shouldn't have a place on the frigging planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 02:08 AM (snZF9)

337 Its pouring down rain here

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 02:09 AM (Ia/+0)

338 If we allow sharia, what's to stop Santeria & their animal sacrifices?

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

339 Better, would be to stop recognizing islham as a "religion" and deem it a terrorist organization.

Calling a spade, a spade.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

340 Seattle, Washington
Attempted murder, clear, complete clip
It can happen that quick

https://tinyurl.com/5brv356n

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:20 AM (x+pID)

341 332 Sharia courts can have a place in
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line to board C-17s and C-5s for their trip back home. Period.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:24 AM (x+pID)

342 >> Seattle, Washington
Attempted murder, clear, complete clip
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Stay out of blue cities!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

343 Seattle, Washington
Attempted murder, clear, complete clip
It can happen that quick

https://tinyurl.com/5brv356n

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:20 AM (x+pID)

If I was carrying I would be in jail. I would have mag dumped him and thrown his carcass on the tracks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)

344 I am glad that some of you are still awake. I went to bed early with a pounding headache, I got a good sleep and now I am wide awake. I missed the Trump address, anything of interest there tonight?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 02:26 AM (0nHVk)

345 Sharia courts can have a place in...

Pinochet's helicopters.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

346 Not one mosque
Not one muslim
Not one converso

If they wanted to become a Christian, or a Jew they would have done so.

Out with the lot of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:27 AM (x+pID)

347 Hi, Debby!

PDJT told the LIVs things that *we* already know. Nothing new (to us) tonight. Short n sweet.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

348 Good to see you're feeling better.
Welcome aboatd.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:29 AM (x+pID)

349
It's bed time for the Artemis Crew. They have to through "pre-sleep" procedures that culminate in them getting tucked in. They're going have to wake up about halfway through for another maneuver, and then go back to sleep before the big TLI burn tomorrow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 02:33 AM (w6EFb)

350 @344.
Trump said we will be out of there in about two weeks.
He also said if Europe has trouble getting tankers in or out of there that will be their problem.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2026 02:34 AM (pvf3X)

351 130 First Moz song I heard was Every Day Is Like Sunday, so I had to get all that Smiths stuff some years after the fact. Wish I had caught Queen Is Dead when it came out. Oh well.
Posted by: gKWVE will meet you at the cemet'ry gates at April 01, 2026 10:39 PM (gKWVE)

Another Smiths fan here. I actually saw the Smiths on The Queen is Dead tour, '87 I think (or maybe '86?). A really fun show. Great band, great songs, great energy.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 02, 2026 02:35 AM (qivay)

352 One of my former bosses was a real character. Knew about islham before many of us employees (myself included!) were much aware.

Anyway, some groups of *them* would come to our establishment (to drink beer!) and order pizza. "No pork, no pork" they'd say...

Boss man would load extra sausage, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

353
I finally got to see the ground track, and it's quite complex, as I figured. Right now, it's a long loop, currently moving east to west. That's because it's moving slower than earth's rotation underneath. But then at gets closer to perigee, it will start moving west to east again. It will slide west just over Australia, then move north east over NA again. TLI will happen somewhere then, and when it gets close to the Moon, it's moving with the Moon, east to west.

The track looks crazy at first, but when you think about it, it makes sense.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026 02:38 AM (w6EFb)

354 I wondered why beer was ok, but pork was not.

???

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

355 Horse kicks No Kings protester after he tries to block [mounted] LAPD with his body - now some are calling for a lawsuit, saying LAPD shouldn't be training horses to kick protesters.
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Hello, you don't have to train horses to kick, it's a natural reflex. Oh, by the way, cop horses weigh a grand or more - mostly muscle and bone. It doesn't matter how many push ups you can do.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:43 AM (x+pID)

356 Sharia courts can have a place in...

Pinochet's helicopters.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

Pinochet skeet!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 02:47 AM (snZF9)

357 Thanks for the recap, JQ, just getting through some rainy, dreary days here. I enjoyed the nice fool's tunes tonight, well done, TRex.

Have muslims ever made any contribution to better our lives here on earth? I can't think of a single one.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)

358 Have muslims ever made any contribution to better our lives here on earth? I can't think of a single one.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)

They make good fertilizer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 02:49 AM (snZF9)

359 Rainy, cold & dreary here too, Debby. Meh.

No, can't say I've heard of any *positive* input to our lives via muz action/teachings.

If there is any, I'd like to hear about it.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

360 They make good fertilizer.
Posted by: Berserker
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Not good to use human shit, when fertilizing edible crops.

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

361 Chicago Bulls are waiving guard Jaden Ivey after his recent anti-LBGTQ comments amid several rants on religion and other topics,
_ESPN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:54 AM (x+pID)

362 Debby, how'd it go with moving your brother? I hope he's adapting well to his new surroundings.

Bet you're relieved, and likely a bit sad...

{{{hug}}}

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

363 Polymarket
@Polymarket
Mar 31
Alberta now projected to schedule a referendum to secede from Canada this year.

60% chance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 02:57 AM (x+pID)

364 360 They make good fertilizer.
Posted by: Berserker
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Not good to use human shit, when fertilizing edible crops.
Posted by: JQ
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Give them to the Orcas?
See that clip? They are rough trade.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 03:00 AM (x+pID)

365 I start immunotherapy the week after that. The prognosis is good so far.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 02, 2026 12:27 AM (IG3/x)

You here or in SEA? Can I bring you something?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 02, 2026 03:01 AM (DwqWV)

366 Alberta should get the hell out. It looks really nice, almost like 'merica.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2026 03:02 AM (snZF9)

367 Move went well, he is not agitated but he seems so lost, I am hoping that he will make some friends there. I am forcing myself not to be there every day for now. I hope that he can make a smoother transition without so much dependence on me. It is time to turn my attention to ridding my house of 40 years worth of other people's stuff. I need an energy boost!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 03:08 AM (0nHVk)

368 If we are going to give sub-humans, with an average IQ of 70, birthright citizenship just for sneaking over the border ... then we will gradually become just another country of sub-humans who are not able to maintain the infrastructure of a 1st world country.

The entire country is going to be overrun by subhumans from the 3rd world, with an average IQ of 70, so that Amy Coney Barrett can continue to receive invitations to cocktail parties.
_@WallStreetMav

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 03:08 AM (x+pID)

369 Alberta as a territory would be super. A double plus beautiful country, natural resources and a (hard to find) functioning culture.

We take Cuba, as territory, that almost puts a lock on Mexico.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 03:12 AM (x+pID)

370 Good plan, Debby. If bro isn't agitated, he can likely make friends more easily. I've heard it's better to step back for a while and let the patient adapt on their own schedule, especially when dementia is moderate to advanced.

Hubby clung to me, depended on me *being there* or he'd go into fits.. the facility would call me to come and calm him down, at least until the Trazodone was approved and kicked-in. Ugh.
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Energy boost? Heh-- give yourself "permission" to just disconnect from everything for a few days or a week! You need to decompress!

Turn off your phone and go get a mani-pedi-- spoil yourself for a whole day if you can.

The "stuff" will be there when you're ready to deal with it.

Breathe.

{{{another hug}}}


Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

371 Well, looked everywhere for something interesting, not much till we get some technicolor gunsight video or Trump kneecaps Thune and Roberts.

JQ it's always good to see you and Debbie, she's right, do what it is that gives you a day or so off.
Best wishes.

Good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 02, 2026 03:28 AM (x+pID)

372 'Night, Braenyard. Take care!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)

373 Now that my (and hubby's) taxes are done, I need to gather all the stuff for Dad's estate tax returns. No rush, I've asked the CPA to file an extension already.. but it's still on the to-do list of course.

Those papers are part of the "confetti" (thanks, Bers. LOL) in my living room right now. Maybe it'll all be ready before April 15th, but I'm not going to drop it on the CPA at the last minute-- no need, and that would be too rude.

It'll be a few days before the yard is dry enough for cleanup and another mowing, so why not finish that lousy paperwork?

Oh, and I'll just have *one more* before bedtime hahahaha...

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)

374 JQ, I still have my other brother's estate taxes to deal with too, all in good time I guess. I am hoping to take a short trip this summer to visit my son and daughter-in-law and their little doggo, I miss them a lot and I have a standing invitation to visit. Maybe if things work out here, I will relax a little bit.

I just yawned so I am going to shut this down and try for a bit more sleep before sunrise. Sweet dreams to you all.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 02, 2026 03:44 AM (0nHVk)

375 Good night, Debby. You deserve a deep, refreshing rest!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)

376 pixy up!

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:01 AM (C67kD)

377
It seems there's always that one family member who can always screw up your toilet. I don't understand how some people can just mess stuff up like that. They have a special talent.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 02, 2026

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I did it at someone else's house.I was just there for two hours in coincidentally, had to go. The embarrassing part was having to tell them


Posted by: Mr. T at April 02, 2026 04:20 AM (33qKx)

378 Nobody's Fool is extremely underrated and overlooked. Give it a shot.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at April 02, 2026 07:34 AM (ilHZO)

Good Wednesday Cafe

mesasforever.jpg
Dave Probasco

Also called Spy Wednesday.

Monkey papparazzi caught Punch the Monkey canoodling with his fuzzy "friend."

A very elderly chimpanzee, dying of thirst and hunger as his body shuts down, has a visitor -- his caretaker from years before. (The chimpanzee then savaged the old caretaker, raking all of the skin off his face. But before that -- heartwarming!)

How to combine bad-ass with painfully dorky.

Everything is cute in Japan.

Chinese miniature building artist.

Orcas absolutely merking dolphins, whales, and other prey.

Baby moose runs and frolics like a puppy.

We are all fated to be nibbled by crows.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:53 PM




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1 First!

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (vSvIl)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Some Artemis II music

https://youtu.be/P91pvMdoZ80

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (f0sNM)

4 Corgis called.

Penguins. Ya hate 'em, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

5 /punchline

Feed the monkey

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (/+uur)

6
Space toilet isn't working, and now some water valve problem somewhere else has popped up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (w6EFb)

7 I wonder what the cost is for a space plumber? I bet that pays well.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (3uBP9)

8 Not unlike Pacman

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Everything is cute in Japan.

This fish is called "Dango-uo" in Japanese


If it's dango, are there pink and white ones too, or just green ones?

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (VHUov)

10 Johnny do you like long space flights where you are together with a grown man?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)

11 Reboot the toilets man. Duh.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 07:58 PM (3uBP9)

12 There's always that one asshole trying to use the shitter before the captain has turned off the fasten seatbelts sign.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:58 PM (VR4+k)

13 In space, no one can hear you poop...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 07:58 PM (ESVrU)

14
CCU = Collapsible Contingency Urinal.

It's a contingency, man.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

15
Sounds like they're at "unplug up and plug it back in again".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

16 Orcas absolutely merking dolphins, whales, and other prey.

TIL where the idea for sumo wrestling came from.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:59 PM (VHUov)

17 "She's got a blinking amber light and no flow."

Shoulda gone before they left.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at April 01, 2026 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

18 This has to be a write off project.

Or they're just that high.


Or its April 1st...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:00 PM (El6/E)

19 Happy hump day!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 08:00 PM (A5RD0)

20 >>>How to combine bad-ass with painfully dorky.

It's called Asperger.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 01, 2026 08:00 PM (syz1S)

21 Brought over from Quick Hits:

Growing up there were a few cats that obtained spare owners to get a few extra dinners and pets.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)

We had a cat, adopted from feral, who would disappear for days. Sometimes he would show up warm (in the wintertime) and smelling of patchouli.


Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 01, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)

22 Lol... April Fools...

"Surprise, fuckers, you're actually going to Mars!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:00 PM (VR4+k)

23
We are getting some noisy video of a piece of the Erf in the upper right corner.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)

24 Her fellow Astronauts cant find the clitoris
Good luck on the pee hole!

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:01 PM (/+uur)

25 Trump tonight: I have made a deal!

Iranian Dr Whatever I'm The Leader: your guy's an asshoe dictator and has no deal with us because he won't ceasefire while we delay and delay and receive 1500 ships full of missiles and shit from China and Russia, and by the way, we are in lockstep solidarity with the American people that hate what this asshoe president is doing to you and to us. Oh, and we'll never surrender.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 01, 2026 08:01 PM (KiBMU)

26 They never have that problem on Starships. They just beam that shit out into space.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at April 01, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

27 My Space Plumber rates are:

$100,000,000,000 for onsite service request first hour
$40 for each additional hour.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 08:02 PM (3uBP9)

28
They've apparently done the perigee raise burn with ICPS, but I didn't hear it. Talking about the big apogee raise coming up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

29 Space toilet isn't working, and now some water valve problem somewhere else has popped up.
-
I guess it's better to find out while they're still in orbit.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 08:02 PM (vSvIl)

30 That was a fine video of my tribe!

Posted by: King Penguin at April 01, 2026 08:02 PM (paPdW)

31 The Japan video was cute!

You drop a few nukes on a country and they get their crap together. I see Iran's first attempts at animation and pron involving a lot of prophet mo but then branching out.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 08:03 PM (Sco7b)

32 What did you do in the war Daddy?

I stopped WWIII?
And blew the fuck up out of their shit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:03 PM (/+uur)

33 Space toilet isn't working, and now some water valve problem somewhere else has popped up.

Tom Hanks cold fix it with a tee shirt and some zipties, I saw it in a movie

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:04 PM (El6/E)

34 In Space no one can hear your shit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:04 PM (/+uur)

35 Penguins. Ya hate 'em, right?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I will Royally mess you up!

Posted by: King Penguin And His Court at April 01, 2026 08:04 PM (paPdW)

36 >> I guess it's better to find out while they're still in orbit.

That's the idea. Do some big check outs and testing while in orbit. When they do the apogee raise, they get in a very high elliptical orbit with about a 1 day period. TLI to the Moon will be after that.

Idea is to check everything out before they even attempt the TLI.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:05 PM (w6EFb)

37 Space toilet not working?

WOLOWITZ!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 08:05 PM (NZIuw)

38 All that time and money spent on this historic return to the Moon and they forgot to pack the zero-gee plunger.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 08:06 PM (ESVrU)

39 Of all the birds that aren’t real, penguins are the most not real.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 08:06 PM (k8Vnt)

40
The separate "Live view from Orion" feed is up (for how long, I wouldn't bet):

https://is.gd/PLgUyo

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

41 Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers BB on the MLB channel.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 08:07 PM (gm9Sb)

42 17 "She's got a blinking amber light and no flow."

Shoulda gone before they left.
Posted by: Penguin Facts

The blue light was my baby,
The red light was my mind.

Posted by: Jagger/ Richards at April 01, 2026 08:07 PM (paPdW)

43 I should not have had Chipotle last night.

Posted by: Space Cowboy at April 01, 2026 08:07 PM (/+uur)

44 Then they are going to have to go where no one has gone before.

Posted by: gKWVE stole this joke from MAD magazine at April 01, 2026 08:08 PM (gKWVE)

45 Unplug and plug back in. Every Mr. Fix it first go to plan.
Use it all the time.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 08:09 PM (pvf3X)

46 They may look like teddy bears but they smell like fish ass.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at April 01, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

47 How would you like to be the guy who had this job? Space toilet... and you failed.

Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (q6tQZ)

48 youtu.be/_l9cPQxU2tc

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gKWVE)

49 Can't you just dump offal and waste out the window in space? Nobody will notice.

Posted by: Sweeping Dirt Under Rug at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (paPdW)

50 Mom buys dad nice white handkerchiefs a 6 pack
About a half year later he needs 6 more
This goes on about 5 or 6 years.
Dad admits to Mom he uses them at rest stops as they are better than TP

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (/+uur)

51 They'll flush it on the dark side of the moon.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (LHPAg)

52 Live feed from Artemis here:

https://tinyurl.com/2s35hzwb

Im disappointed, they are discussing numbers and I was told there would be no math

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:11 PM (REq0p)

53 How would you like to be the guy who had this job? Space toilet... and you failed.
Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (q6tQZ)
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It just needs MORE POWER!

Posted by: Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU)

54 Told NASA to go with The Mighty Ferguson!

Posted by: Al Bundy, Footwear Specialist at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (paPdW)

55 well... never bet against Bob Zimmerman.
He told us so. The life support system.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

56 SPace Depends cost over 1123 dollars.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (/+uur)

57 Honestly... are there no airlocks where debris can be jettisoned?

Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (q6tQZ)

58 They've apparently done the perigee raise burn with ICPS, but I didn't hear it.
Posted by: publius


That's because they're in space.

Posted by: someone had to say it at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (VHUov)

59 Human waste out in ocean just gets dumped out, whr not in space?

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Ia/+0)

60 How would you like to be the guy who had this job? Space toilet... and you failed.
Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (q6tQZ)
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It just needs MORE POWER!
Posted by: Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU)
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You mean the Wolowitz Zero-G Waste Distribution System?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 08:13 PM (z2VkN)

61 >>> Can't you just dump offal and waste out the window in space? Nobody will notice.
Posted by: Sweeping Dirt Under Rug at April 01, 2026 08:10 PM (paPdW)

Designing holes through bulkheads, pressure vessels for something as unimportant as literal shit isn't optimal.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:13 PM (3uBP9)

62
I'm surprised the Japs don't put little sweater-vests on those fish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (n7rxJ)

63 39 Of all the birds that aren’t real, penguins are the most not real.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 08:06 PM (k8Vnt)

There is a bird in Aussieland that will fuckin kill you and eat your flesh.
Cassowary

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (/+uur)

64 Human waste out in ocean just gets dumped out, whr not in space?
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Ia/+0)
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Urine, yes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (z2VkN)

65 King penguin chicks looking like teddy bears
— Science girl (@sciencegirl)


Science Girl had some freaky-ass-looking stuffies when she was a kid.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

66 Space toilet engineering department. Three MIT doctorates, a half dozen masters out of Stanford, and they never thought to call the Winnebago people for advice.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (gm9Sb)

67
Okay, sweetie, sidle your back side up to the hatch, and we'll crack it just a little bit.....Let 'er fly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM (w6EFb)

68
Seen on X today:

Trump should have called birthright citizenship a tax.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 08:15 PM (n7rxJ)

69 All that time and money spent on this historic return to the Moon and they forgot to pack the zero-gee plunger.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 08:06 PM


Have they tried jiggling the handle?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 08:15 PM (Wnv9h)

70 Human waste out in ocean just gets dumped out, whr not in space?
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 08:12 PM

No one wants to have to strap a little bottle rocket to a turd to deorbit the damn thing so you don't keep crossing paths with it over and over.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:15 PM (VR4+k)

71 P'rhaps I can be of some assistance?

Posted by: Randy Quaid at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)

72 If I was a designer given the task of designing structure pass through, locking system, pressurization, etc.. for poop I would go to the project and just say, "Why don't we just keep this shit?" And I would save millions and millions.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (3uBP9)

73 Designing holes through bulkheads, pressure vessels for something as unimportant as literal shit isn't optimal.
Posted by: banana Dream


It's a spaceship, the pressure differential is only 1 ATM. Not like it's a submarine, or something.

Posted by: mikeski holds his breath at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)

74 I just saw the most metal place name ever --

Grimskär

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsk%C3%A4r

"During the Middle Ages, the island was probably used for executions of criminals, whose bodies were left displayed there as a warning to ships passing by. "

Band name, obviously. Norwegian Black Metal.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (kpS4V)

75
Apollo missions left 96 bags of feces, urine, and vomit on the lunar surface. This was always meticulously documented. Every bit was recorded.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (w6EFb)

76 I keep a pack of baby wipes in the car for road trips.

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (GbONR)

77 That Big Bang Theory episode will be even funnier from now on.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 08:17 PM (Sco7b)

78 Been falling asleep on way home last two days, ought to try and get a good night.
Hooe everyone has one too

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

79 Just think about this ...........

If Kami Harris had gotten elected POTUS then she could shared "Oral Tongue-nique's" with the "Gay Ayatollah"...

Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 08:17 PM (/Uzmo)

80
Okay, sweetie, sidle your back side up to the hatch, and we'll crack it just a little bit.....Let 'er fly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:14 PM


less than two hours in to trip trip and she already has to go?

way to re-enforce stereotypes, astro-girl

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 08:17 PM (tljrc)

81 @51

>> They'll flush it on the dark side of the moon.


There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)

82 Hello, All.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ)

83 Willowed:

My late older brother made the mylar canister that carried the flag to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. He took the left over scrap material - cut it up and gave a piece of it to each of his siblings. It is my proudest possession: its like having a piece of material that Columbus' sail was made from.

That Mylar canister can be seen lying on the surface of the moon in some of the photos that Armstrong took. I like the idea that there is some litter from my family on the moon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (Da7Vv)

84 It's a spaceship, the pressure differential is only 1 ATM. Not like it's a submarine, or something.
Posted by: mikeski holds his breath at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)
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Do they do that, now? Up through the Apollo missions, the cabin atmosphere was pure O2 at 5 psi.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (z2VkN)

85 I saw Space Offal open for Felonious Munk at the Flushometer Arena in '95.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at April 01, 2026 08:19 PM (paPdW)

86 Hello! Watching the launch was exciting!

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 08:20 PM (d2kuJ)

87 Have they tried jiggling the handle?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 08:15 PM (Wnv9h)

Skilled labor in my trailer park.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:20 PM (/+uur)

88 >> Up through the Apollo missions, the cabin atmosphere was pure O2 at 5 psi.

Orion is running N2/O2 mix, 70/30, IIRC. Pressure will vary from about 1 atm to 10 psi. Very different from Apollo.

They've got to worry about pre-breathing for suit ups and all that, and the whole was designed around that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:20 PM (w6EFb)

89 Imagine the moon was sentient and after first contact with the human race the first thing we do is crap on it

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:21 PM (REq0p)

90 Imagine the moon was sentient and after first contact with the human race the first thing we do is crap on it
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:21 PM (REq0p)

And then imagine it was in to that sort of thing...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:21 PM (VR4+k)

91 Is Artemis go for TLI?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:21 PM (2GVsD)

92 I don’t get what all of this launch stuff is about. Where are we going?

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

93 And then imagine it was in to that sort of thing...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:21 PM (VR4+k)
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Germans on the moon!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:22 PM (kpS4V)

94 There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)

The moon does circle the Earth in a way that we never see one side.

Tidal Lock

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:22 PM (/+uur)

95 And then imagine it was in to that sort of thing...

*************


gives new meaning to the phrase, mooning someone

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (REq0p)

96 A Buc-ee's or two in space could solve a lot of problems.

Posted by: 120 Pumps-No Waiting at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (paPdW)

97 >>> It's a spaceship, the pressure differential is only 1 ATM. Not like it's a submarine, or something.
Posted by: mikeski holds his breath at April 01, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)


Submarines aren't designed for optimal strength/weight as much. Every increase in strength for whatever purpose requires mass. Mass is bad and projects will actually put a dollar amount on mass and contractors will have $$$ fines placed on them on each pound overages of target design masses for their component.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (3uBP9)

98 "During the Middle Ages, the island was probably used for executions of criminals, whose bodies were left displayed there as a warning to ships passing by"


Ellis Island was previously called "Gibbet Island" and used for the same thing.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

99 I don't even know how you cop a squat in a space suit. Shake it out your leg hole? Little poop-airlock out the back like a space union suit?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (VR4+k)

100 Imagine the US gets to the Moon in 1968 and finds an inimical alien race already there called the BETA?

Welcome to Muv Luv Alternative.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)

101 Space toilet isn't working, and now some water valve problem somewhere else has popped up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (w6EFb)

I guess they're in the shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (snZF9)

102 >> Is Artemis go for TLI?

That's at least a day away. This is very different trajectory than Apollo. They're first using the ICPS to go to a high elliptical orbit with a period of about 24 hours.

That will expend all the ICPS fuel. The Orion SM will have to do the final TLI burn to raise that to the Moon.

Apollo TLI had a lot more wiggle room. This manuever is tightly constrained.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

103 Where are we going?
Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)


Out the window, apparently

Posted by: gKWVE rewatchin' Rat Race at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (gKWVE)

104 Ellis Island was previously called "Gibbet Island" and used for the same thing.
Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

We used to be a proper country who knew what to do with huddled wretched yearning masses.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (VR4+k)

105 "This was always meticulously documented. Every bit recorded."
Sounds like the IRS.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (pvf3X)

106 I don't even know how you cop a squat in a space suit.
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Absorbent underwear and try not to eat a lot of solids.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (z2VkN)

107 Space Nazis or Space Balls?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)

108 >>> I don’t get what all of this launch stuff is about. Where are we going?
Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)


San Diego, seeing a few places on the way.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (3uBP9)

109 Trump should have called birthright citizenship a tax.

From what I have read, the Trump lawyer team did a horrible job of arguing their case. Their argument seems to consist of "well things are different now than when the amendment was written" which is true but irrelevant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (El6/E)

110 If the new Ayatollah likes to "Take it up the Ass" then we should accommodate him with an ALCM ASAP...

Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (JGobS)

111 Space toilet isn't working...

Dammit! I told you to do that before we left.

Posted by: Space Dad at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (vTZFs)

112

Moon Zero Two

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 08:26 PM (Cqx++)

113 "During the Middle Ages, the island was probably used for executions of criminals, whose bodies were left displayed there as a warning to ships passing by"

Ellis Island was previously called "Gibbet Island" and used for the same thing.
Posted by: fd


Can we go back to doing that?

Posted by: mikeski's modified limited hangout at April 01, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)

114 Last video? Surprised some Karen isn't calling Child Welfare folks...

After all... Kids can't have actual fun anymore.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 01, 2026 08:27 PM (mP0Kj)

115 What a filmography:
Moon Zero Two
Andromeda Strain.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)

116 Shitter's full!

Posted by: Commander Eddie at April 01, 2026 08:27 PM (wn0/z)

117 Can we go back to doing that?
Posted by: mikeski's modified limited hangout at April 01, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)

One great big fuck off rope hanging off the torch arm...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:27 PM (VR4+k)

118 ALCM?

Anal Launched Cruise Missile?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

119 I just saw a headline

"Hershey to Return Real Chocolate to Their Candies"

um, what exactly was in Hersheys Kisses if it wasnt chocolate

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:28 PM (REq0p)

120 I heard the NASA thing blew the fuck up, as you'd expect from Boeing. Hopefully that was a joke.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 08:28 PM (QZThv)

121 109 Trump should have called birthright citizenship a tax.

From what I have read, the Trump lawyer team did a horrible job of arguing their case. Their argument seems to consist of "well things are different now than when the amendment was written" which is true but irrelevant.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (El6/E)

Especially as the guy who WROTE IT, stated it would not include foreign citizens.

But the whole problem was created by the Supremes, when THEY declared Congress did not control citizenship anymore, and declared Dual Citizenship legal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 01, 2026 08:29 PM (mP0Kj)

122 81 @51

>> They'll flush it on the dark side of the moon.


There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Dark side or not, you better watch where you walk.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 08:29 PM (LHPAg)

123 um, what exactly was in Hersheys Kisses if it wasnt chocolate

Smurf poo

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (El6/E)

124 Space toilet not working?

WOLOWITZ!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 08:05 PM (NZIuw)

He can use his mom's meatloaf to test it!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (5xuJ/)

125 Apollo 1: NASA stood for Never A Straight Answer
Challenger: NASA - Need Another Seven Astronauts

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

126 Challenger: NASA - Need Another Seven Astronauts
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

Artemis: Need Another Shitter, ASAP

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:31 PM (VR4+k)

127 Now they got to use the guest bathroom.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (VR4+k)

128 The Apollo 1 capsule had a low pressure pure O2 atmosphere. The deadly fire was partially the result of that O2 environment. The capsule atmosphere was changed after that disaster to reduce the fire hazard.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (Da7Vv)

129 There's gonna be loaf all right.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (gKWVE)

130 Challenger: NASA - Need Another Seven Astronauts
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

Artemis: Need Another Shitter, ASAP
Posted by: Warai-otoko


* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (VHUov)

131 merk
noun
A mark; a sign.
Similar: marksign
An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.
Obsolete spelling of mark.
The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English • More at Wordnik
*_*_*_*_*_

MERK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
MERK definition: to defeat overwhelmingly, beat up, kill, or eliminate.
*_*_*_*_*_

Merriam Webster does not recognize the word (per DDG) has no definition

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (9L6d7)

132 well... never bet against Bob Zimmerman.

Zimmerman isn’t too happy with what he describes as NASA’s brushing aside of heat shield issues, either.

“We must pray that they [NASA] are right.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 08:32 PM (EXyHK)

133 So is the Artemis III going to include a bidet?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 08:34 PM (ESVrU)

134 I thought merc was from Mercenary, as in "roll up and wreck someone's forever like it's just your regular nine to five".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:34 PM (VR4+k)

135 Apollo 1 was a Block 1 capsule.

Not only did it have a pure oxygen atmosphere it had a hatch that would take 90 seconds to undo from the outside. And since there was no fuel aboard the rocket, there were no emergency crews present during the test run.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)

136 That's the idea. Do some big check outs and testing while in orbit. When they do the apogee raise, they get in a very high elliptical orbit with about a 1 day period. TLI to the Moon will be after that.

Idea is to check everything out before they even attempt the TLI.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:05 PM (w6EFb)



I understood that. Played Kerbal Space Program and everything.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 01, 2026 08:35 PM (/HDaX)

137 It's fun having a president and an administration that actually love this country and want it to succeed back in power.

https://tinyurl.com/ypphx75x

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:35 PM (viF8m)

138 127 Now they got to use the guest bathroom.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:32

Do NOT touch the towel. Or the soaps. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 08:35 PM (x2lZC)

139
Everybody generally has to pee like a race horse when the get in zero-g. Floating around, all that fluid in your legs, held there by gravity starts moving to the center of your body. Your kidneys start dumping it.

In fact, zero-g can mess with the the bladder full sensors your body has. One poor astronaut got up there, and then pissed all over the place before he even knew he had to go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:35 PM (w6EFb)

140
um, what exactly was in Hersheys Kisses if it wasnt chocolate
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos


Chocolate scented candle wax, if you really must know.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:36 PM (xG4kz)

141 The horrors

The Artemis capsule may resemble the Barrel by the end of the mission.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:36 PM (2GVsD)

142 Fartemis.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 08:37 PM (VR4+k)

143
In space, no one can hear you scream when you bend over in the shower.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:37 PM (xG4kz)

144 I remember a couple years ago that the chocolate harvest from south America was demolished, some blight or something. I think a lot of companies making candies had to adjust with like soy and carob and such mixed into the chonkolite

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:37 PM (El6/E)

145 Every non word sound MJ makes in smooth criminal:

(to X)
https://is.gd/uSwyIp

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:37 PM (3uBP9)

146 The Artemis capsule may resemble the Barrel by the end of the mission.

This was the case throughout the Apollo missions as well. In at least one, the atmosphere in the capsule was literally infused with shit by the end of the mission.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 08:38 PM (EXyHK)

147 Got the Gunpla competition playing the background.

In one category they lumped Europe with the Middle East.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)

148 Im wearing earbuds and hearing the astronauts talk as if they were right next to me instead of thousands of miles away

I hope its Linux these guys are using to run their systems and not Microsoft

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:40 PM (REq0p)

149
First Space Plumber Butt Crack Opportunity!!!

Another Historic First For NASA!!!

Film At 11!!!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:40 PM (xG4kz)

150 In fact, zero-g can mess with the the bladder full sensors your body has. One poor astronaut got up there, and then pissed all over the place before he even knew he had to go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:35 PM (w6EFb)

Again..."WOLOWITZ!!!! You peed in your spacesuit!!"

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 08:40 PM (5xuJ/)

151 By the time they get back it will look like Gwar's scumship.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 08:41 PM (snZF9)

152 That reminds me of this video of David & Mick, Dancing In the Streets:

youtu.be/BHkhIjG0DKc

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:41 PM (3uBP9)

153 That reminds me of this video of David & Mick, Dancing In the Streets:

youtu.be/BHkhIjG0DKc

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:41 PM (3uBP9)

154 Greetings, Ace, and Cafe layabouts! Now at the resort hotel in Comox, BC. Had a tour of the Air Museum at CFB Comox, and attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new pavilion built to house the Vampire jet fighter, then a reception at the 888 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association. During the proceedings, a woman colonel at the podium called our attention to the TV screen, and we saw the Artemis launch. Big cheer from the crowd.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 08:41 PM (+KZdK)

155 That chimpanzee clip.

Fucking dusty in here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

156 >> This was the case throughout the Apollo missions as well

You can read the transcripts of the infamous floating turn episode on Apollo 10.

The Apollo solid waste system consisted of a plastic bag you taped to your ass. And remember this is zero-g, no gravity to help pull things loose. They had to use their hands to help. And then they had to put some anti-bacterial stuff in there, and knead it all in good.

There were some diarrhea episodes, and listening to some of the old mission tapes, that was a mess. They didn't talk about it, but it was a mess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb)

157 Wasn't it Jose Jimenez, while waiting for launch, that wetted down his space suit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (2GVsD)

158 double posts, sorry. puter problems.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (3uBP9)

159 Orca's gotta eat but not my thing to watch.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:43 PM (6voJQ)

160
Allow me to suggest, seriously and respectfully, that the next generation Space Station feature a Waffle House and a Bucees. American know how FTW!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:43 PM (xG4kz)

161 TOILET CANNOT SPIN UP

go on fecal extractions, CCU for everything else

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 08:43 PM (3uBP9)

162 Goldens are the F'n best.

Posted by: Boomer at April 01, 2026 08:44 PM (+abK1)

163 Apollo 10 isn't much talked about, no.
Apollo 11, 13, and 8 are all legendary.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:44 PM (gKWVE)

164 Space Dandy at Space Buc'ees. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

165 T -16 minutes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 08:45 PM (9L6d7)

166 So wait how is it they already have to go to the bathroom?

I can hold my jelly smooth works of art until Im so constipated you'd need the jaws of life to unlock the mysteries that is my inner body

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:45 PM (REq0p)

167
Wasn't it Jose Jimenez, while waiting for launch, that wetted down his space suit?
Posted by: Anna Puma


Alan Shepard, who was a huge fan of the Jose persona of Bill Dana, peed in his suit while awaiting launch and then said he was an authentic wet back.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:45 PM (xG4kz)

168 @148

>> I hope its Linux these guys are using to run their systems and not Microsoft

I’m going with Unix.

Unix is G-ds OS, along with Holy C.

Accept no substitute.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:46 PM (XV/Pl)

169 5x5

Posted by: The Toilet Has You at April 01, 2026 08:46 PM (3uBP9)

170 Allow me to suggest, seriously and respectfully, that the next generation Space Station feature a Waffle House and a Bucees. American know how FTW!

I would suggest letting one foreigner in: Autogrills in Italy are amazing.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 08:46 PM (EXyHK)

171 Apollo 10 was called the 'Connoisseur's Flight,' it was full dress rehearsal for Apollo 11 except the landing.

So, it does get overshadowed by Apollo 8's Earthrise, Apollo 11 landing, and Apollo 13 almost becoming a death ship.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:46 PM (2GVsD)

172 in Apollo news all I get is this
Apollo (APO) Faces Class Action Over Alleged Misstatements on Epstein Links - Hagens Berman

Epstein drive malfunction?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:47 PM (gKWVE)

173 You can read the transcripts of the infamous floating turn episode on Apollo 10.

The Apollo solid waste system consisted of a plastic bag you taped to your ass. And remember this is zero-g, no gravity to help pull things loose. They had to use their hands to help. And then they had to put some anti-bacterial stuff in there, and knead it all in good.

There were some diarrhea episodes, and listening to some of the old mission tapes, that was a mess. They didn't talk about it, but it was a mess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb)

In space nobody can hear you yell "Oh you muthafucka!!"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 08:47 PM (snZF9)

174 in fairness, Ranger, if I was on that barely-vetted ship I'd want to poop too

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:48 PM (gKWVE)

175 In space nobody can hear you yell "Oh you muthafucka!!"

"Oh shit! It was on VOX."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:48 PM (2GVsD)

176 Was walking on the beach with Nurse R on Sunday. Saw a guy (?) with a zipper up the back of his trousers. All right, then...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 08:49 PM (+KZdK)

177 Bulg,

Good to see you. I hope you are well. I do miss your puns.

Take care of yourself.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 08:49 PM (A5RD0)

178 At least someone got my Jose Jimenez reference.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:49 PM (2GVsD)

179 156
'There were some diarrhea episodes, and listening to some of the old mission tapes, that was a mess. They didn't talk about it, but it was a mess.'

At that point, you might as well keep your mind on the mission. Bitching about it won't make the shit go away.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 08:49 PM (fd80v)

180
Alan Shepard, who was a huge fan of the Jose persona of Bill Dana, peed in his suit while awaiting launch and then said he was an authentic wet back.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars


We shall not see his like again, nor the likes of any of those men of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Buzz Aldrin almost single handedly figured out how to execute EVAs and work outside the capsule without exhausting himself during his Gemini flight and thus enabled NASA to proceed with Apollo flights.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:49 PM (xG4kz)

181 >>> I’m going with Unix.

Unix is G-ds OS, along with Holy C.

Accept no substitute.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:46 PM (XV/Pl)


Can you even buy unix? I guess hp and ibm but it is super expensive. I wonder who got all of bell labs stuff?

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 08:50 PM (3uBP9)

182 176 Was walking on the beach with Nurse R on Sunday. Saw a guy (?) with a zipper up the back of his trousers. All right, then...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Heh. It was very odd. But very Seattle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 08:50 PM (A5RD0)

183 I remember an old movie about flying in space and right before launch the astronaut requested that he had to whee whee

They panicked and thought it would start a fire, but they granted his request and all of a sudden the board for his biofunctions lit up and alarms went off

I have no idea that this happened but I prefer to believe it did without asking Grok

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (REq0p)

184 C is the Devil's language because it will allow you to do anything including nuke yourself.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (2GVsD)

185 Bitching about it won't make the shit go away.

“I’m just going to step outside for a quick breath of fresh air.”

“Watch out for that first step. It’s a lulu.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (EXyHK)

186 We got grainy front yard footage of the Artemis launch from family on the Space Coast. Godspeed to the crew. There were Apollo missions when I was a wee tot. Being less than 29x2 I don't recall them.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (syAfa)

187 The Right Stuff, ranger.

Although, the Chuck Yeager parts are the best.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (zZu0s)

188 Get my biography now, available at your local book store:

"Bitching About It Won't Make the Shit Go Away."

by,

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 08:52 PM (3uBP9)

189 Houston, you have a problem.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 08:52 PM (nDXEV)

190 walking on the beach with ratched by my side
staring at some guy, with a tube of astroglide

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 08:53 PM (gKWVE)

191
There were some diarrhea episodes, and listening to some of the old mission tapes, that was a mess. They didn't talk about it, but it was a mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb

------

And those men gladly stepped up. I remember that famous quote from Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, when the ground crew delayed the launch for hours; his patients ran out and the lit a fire under the crew: "Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:53 PM (R0wwO)

192 For those who want to play with the Apollo guidance computer:

https://www.svtsim.com/moonjs/agc.html

Here is a simulation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:53 PM (2GVsD)

193 >>> C is the Devil's language because it will allow you to do anything including nuke yourself.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 08:51 PM (2GVsD)


There are convenient scripting languages that will make that even easier.

"easy things should be easy and nuking yourself should be possible"

Posted by: Perl at April 01, 2026 08:55 PM (3uBP9)

194 Apolo 13 launch scene (,movie.)

https://youtu.be/xP_PoLI_FFY?si=oH-
PHIkCTN9yyrBJ


The music makes the scene.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

195 Unix is G-ds OS, along with Holy C.

Accept no substitute.

*********************

I hear good things about POP OS though, thats the one Im looking at for gaming, or at least until the Steam Machine arrives with SteamOS

I tried a Windows laptop for a year since I needed it for work

never again

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 08:56 PM (REq0p)

196
I have no idea that this happened but I prefer to believe it did without asking Grok
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos


It did happen. It was Alan Shepard and the very first American space flight.

I cannot recommend "The Right Stuff" often enough or highly enough -- it is a personal favorite film of mine. It cuts through the hero worship to show how human and down to earth the X-15 pilots and Mercury astronauts were.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:56 PM (xG4kz)

197 Tousi live now waiting on Trump's speech.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 08:57 PM (syAfa)

198 "easy things should be easy and nuking yourself should be possible"

Python: There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to nuke yourself.

Perl: There’s more than one way to nuke yourself.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 08:57 PM (EXyHK)

199 176 Was walking on the beach with Nurse R on Sunday. Saw a guy (?) with a zipper up the back of his trousers. All right, then...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

That's a caution. When the zipper's on the side that's worry.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 08:57 PM (9L6d7)

200
Audio of Apollo 10 floating turd incident:

https://is.gd/dUzPhx

All three denied it was theirs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:57 PM (w6EFb)

201 The gantry not all swinging away in unison always bothered me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

202
There were some diarrhea episodes, and listening to some of the old mission tapes, that was a mess. They didn't talk about it, but it was a mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 08:42 PM (w6

-----

Tom Wolfe did a great job on the book. And I really enjoyed the movie

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:59 PM (T9cM5)

203 Remember that female Capitol police who was matched by computer gait analysis but cleared by the FBI? Well it turns out she flunked a polygraph on the question of "Did you plant the bombs?" And it was the FBI polygrapher who said she flunked, and her answers were rehearsed.

Also what kind of computer gait analysis would not be able to tell the difference between a long legged white woman with a particular leg injury, and a short legged black man.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 08:59 PM (Da7Vv)

204
I forget, they found a second loose turd after the first.

Cernan said dammit what's the matter with you guys, I'd know it if I was shittin' on the floor.

They joked about the waste compartment must have been full. IOW, shitters full.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)

205 Trump time?

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 09:01 PM (3uBP9)

206
Tom Wolfe did a great job on the book. And I really enjoyed the movie
Posted by: JM in Illinois


Pete Conrad in the book got some well deserved coverage. He was one of the cut ups in the second class of astronauts.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:02 PM (xG4kz)

207 Trum is live

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:02 PM (syAfa)

208 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)

Don't make a maniac out of me.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)

209 Also what kind of computer gait analysis would not be able to tell the difference between a long legged white woman with a particular leg injury, and a short legged black man.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 08:59 PM (Da7Vv)

Amputees play "stump the computer".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:03 PM (+KZdK)

210
Interstellar Turd Burglers, In Space!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:03 PM (xG4kz)

211 177 Nurse, thank you, I am trying to take something of a break. I do miss you and the rest of the Horde, too. I won’t go into detail, but I think that I was getting a little too involved in the banter on this site, most of which I thought was harmless, but some of which wasn’t, and I felt that I was losing perspective. I hope that that makes sense, and hope to be back soon, probably after Easter. Thank you for your understanding.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 09:03 PM (77rzZ)

212 I have Gene Cernan's book about Apollo 17. It is signed by him. Picked it up at the Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola.

I had missed him and Neil Armstrong by two weeks at the museum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 09:03 PM (2GVsD)

213 6 Space toilet isn't working, and now some water valve problem somewhere else has popped up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (w6EFb)

Where is Josephine the Plumber when you need her?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:04 PM (y171U)

214 President Trump is talking now,

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:04 PM (Sco7b)

215 I cannot recommend "The Right Stuff" often enough or highly enough -- it is a personal favorite film of mine. It cuts through the hero worship to show how human and down to earth the X-15 pilots and Mercury astronauts were.

*************************

That was the movie, I remember watching it as a kid and laughing at all the crazy, I think Ill watch it again for nostalgias sake

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 09:04 PM (REq0p)

216 Be well, Bulg

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:05 PM (syAfa)

217 The NF-104A crash scene

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 09:05 PM (2GVsD)

218
Where is Josephine the Plumber when you need her?
Posted by: Joemarine


Riding the Comet

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)

219
It just blew! Why doesn't anybody believe me?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:06 PM (xG4kz)

220 All the best Bulg!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:06 PM (Sco7b)

221 I have an autographed copy of Buzz Aldrin's "Men from Earth"

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 09:06 PM (FLx59)

222 DJT is claiming 45k people killed in Iran, also that they were involved in October 7

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:07 PM (gKWVE)

223 Everyone gone?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:07 PM (Sco7b)

224 Trump's up RSBN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:08 PM (9L6d7)

225 https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:08 PM (9L6d7)

226 Who forgot the plunger?

Posted by: wth at April 01, 2026 09:08 PM (BT3km)

227 LOL always takes an opportunity to kick BHO in the nuts

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 09:08 PM (IlL6s)

228 Everything is cute in Japan.

This fish is called "Dango-uo" in Japanese

If it's dango, are there pink and white ones too, or just green ones?
Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (VHUov)

Everything in Japan can become Sushi no matter how cute.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:09 PM (V4IXI)

229 217 The NF-104A crash scene
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 09:05 PM (


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And the book's description of Yeager's attempts to get it flying again

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 09:09 PM (T9cM5)

230 Tousi.tv coverage
https://tinyurl.com/3nz5fx7d

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:09 PM (syAfa)

231 I broke down and decided to make the standard pie crust for a pot pie this evening, and it turned out much better than any other pie crust I have done.
So I have a winner recipe.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

232 I guess everyone found a way to watch 'Survivor' or The Masked Singer.'

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (Sco7b)

233 The White House's own stream:

www.youtube.com/live/
OzhLRPZfOMQ

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (3uBP9)

234 Where is Josephine the Plumber when you need her?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:04 PM (y171U)

As I recall, she did not have a plunging neckline...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (+KZdK)

235 Trump sounds tired and raspy.

I hope he takes a break soon. I pray for his health. He’s such a blessing. Trump is literally saving the free world.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (A5RD0)

236 Trump is talking about the missiles. He should be talking drones. China is providing those drones and nobody is stopping them.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:11 PM (gKWVE)

237 Trump sounds tired and raspy.

I hope he takes a break soon. I pray for his health. He’s such a blessing. Trump is literally saving the free world.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April

Yes. I pray for him. He is one of a kind.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:12 PM (syAfa)

238 I guess everyone found a way to watch 'Survivor' or The Masked Singer.'
Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:10 PM (Sco7b)

If you slightly grazed a Coof True Believer with the jet from a flame thrower, would that make him the Singed Masker?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:12 PM (+KZdK)

239 So I have a winner recipe.
Posted by: Kindltot

A good crust recipe is a thing of beauty

Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 09:12 PM (q6tQZ)

240 Looks like they'll just have to use the airlock.
Anyway, which one of these super astronauts had to use the toilet so soon?

Posted by: wth at April 01, 2026 09:13 PM (BT3km)

241 Stateless, how are you and Ralphy?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:13 PM (syAfa)

242 MS Now seems to have him on a time delay.
Can't let truth slip out.
CNN is delayed too.
The CBC is on time. Interesting.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:14 PM (Sco7b)

243 There has been a series of murders along the I-45 corridor between Houston and Galveston dating back to the 1980's. These were known as the "Killing Fields" cold cases. One of the suspects committed Suicide two weeks ago, and a second has been indicted.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 09:15 PM (Da7Vv)

244 Agree he sounds tired but he does more in one day than other people do in a week!

Posted by: Iris at April 01, 2026 09:15 PM (bOJ2I)

245 I thought Eastwood's Space Cowboys was an accurate fictional tale of the personalities of early Astronauts. I really liked the movie a lot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:15 PM (V4IXI)

246 So, who else of us youngsters watched Armstrong step off the lander, listening to those radio communications that had that light-speed delay, then step outside to look at the moon? Just because?

Posted by: mindful webworker - empty space was angry that day my friends at April 01, 2026 09:16 PM (KNEaK)

247 @181

>>Can you even buy unix? I guess hp and ibm but it is super expensive. I wonder who got all of bell labs stuff?

Unix is alive and well and is the beating heart of MacOS.

At the end of the day, Linux is simply a fork of Unix, and the only main difference is that Linux is open sourced.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:16 PM (XV/Pl)

248 241 Stateless, how are you and Ralphy?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:13 PM (syAfa

Good.
Ralphy's resting on the bed.

I hope all is well with you.

President Trump...lol...'Build up delayed courage.'

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:16 PM (Sco7b)

249 Nobody has ever seen anything like it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)

250 216 Thank you, BarelyScaryMary!

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 09:17 PM (77rzZ)

251 Iran's electric generation plants, and oil generation, are being threatened.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

252 Electric plants are a target.
US could hit oil if Trump wanted.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:18 PM (Sco7b)

253 @184

>>C is the Devil's language because it will allow you to do anything including nuke yourself.

As George Washington was fond of saying to Abraham Lincoln, With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (XV/Pl)

254 109 Trump should have called birthright citizenship a tax.

From what I have read, the Trump lawyer team did a horrible job of arguing their case. Their argument seems to consist of "well things are different now than when the amendment was written" which is true but irrelevant.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 08:25 PM (El6/E)

That is what I heard too...clueless incompetents. The horde could have come up with better arguments. Plus the lead attorney had a voice like a frog.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (y171U)

255 220 Thank you, Stateless!

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

256 >> Agree he sounds tired but he does more in one day than other people do in a week!
__
I think he has a hard time modulating his voice when speaking without an audience.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (8rPOi)

257 Perl: There’s more than one way to nuke yourself.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair


Write your self-nuke in any language you like. It's probably still valid Perl.

Posted by: mikeski posts awkwardly at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (VHUov)

258 Im half expecting Trump to announce the plans for a new Trump Tower on the moon

classy and luxurious

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (REq0p)

259 I would love for Trump to end his speech with a big smile and: "April Fools!"

Posted by: wth at April 01, 2026 09:20 PM (BT3km)

260 Trump giving a history lesson. Perspective for the easily distracted retarded class.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:20 PM (syAfa)

261 Lol.

That was funny. President Trump telling how long other wars lasted

32 days for Iran.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:20 PM (Sco7b)

262 If our gas prices are affected by the flow of oil from the Straights, even if we don't import much from there, isn't it too important to leave to the Eurotrash or the Iranians to control?

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 09:20 PM (FLx59)

263 Iran's electric generation plants, and oil generation, are being threatened.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

Bomb the mosques. Bomb enough of them, and maybe the "moderate" muzzies will rise up and overthrow the weirdbeards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (+KZdK)

264 Holy shit. That was fast.


He sounded awful. Breathless. Quiet.

Ugh. Pray for him, y’all. Pray hard.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (A5RD0)

265 He didn't mention boots on the ground, which is good. there's no stomach for that in the MAGA Coalition. Which no longer includes "MAHA Moms" according to Cernovich.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (gKWVE)

266 Well that was a short Trump presentation.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (3uBP9)

267 260 Trump giving a history lesson. Perspective for the easily distracted retarded class.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:20 PM (syAfa

It's a big class.

MS Now is doing their rebuttal. Head of the class.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:23 PM (Sco7b)

268 Listening to Trump on the radio. Is he telling us anything new?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:23 PM (y171U)

269 Trump sounds tired and raspy.

I hope he takes a break soon. I pray for his health. He’s such a blessing. Trump is literally saving the free world.
——-

My thoughts exactly

We don’t deserve him

I remember I couldnt get the grin off my face for weeks when he won for the 3 rd time and they called it so early

He literally is giving his life for us

I hate all the ungrateful insane bastards that try to tear him down

He gives me courage

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 01, 2026 09:23 PM (nGraA)

270 Bomb the mosques. Bomb enough of them, and maybe the "moderate" muzzies will rise up and overthrow the weirdbeards.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (+KZdK)

Bomb the well where the twelfth Imam is hiding. That might end Shia islam

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 09:23 PM (FLx59)

271 Well, time for me to go join my party for dinner. Later.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 09:23 PM (+KZdK)

272 Did y'all watch the Preznit?


sidenote: I wish people would stop using 'decimated'

'annihilated' much better

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:24 PM (ZxPkt)

273 We have all the oil we need but limited refining capacity

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 01, 2026 09:24 PM (P4Pk9)

274 Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 14 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (Sco7b)

275 That is absolutely not what I expected.
Short, succinct, God bless the troops; Good night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (9L6d7)

276 "We begin bombing in five minutes"

Ha! April Fools bitches, we already began bombing.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9)

277 I think he has a hard time modulating his voice when speaking without an audience.
Posted by: Frasier Crane
**********
completely agree with this assessment....he feeds off a live audience....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

278 Judge granting permission for Tiger Woods to leave the country to seek rehab treatment. Wood's defense team claims he can't get the necessary treatment in the US.

The most advanced medical treatment country in the World.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)

279 238
'If you slightly grazed a Coof True Believer with the jet from a flame thrower, would that make him the Singed Masker?'

(claps)
You worked hard for that one.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 09:26 PM (fd80v)

280 control over the strait of hormuz from what i understand impacts Eurotrash, bigly, and also China which gets a big chunk, so big that not getting the oil there means their military machines are straight f&9ked

He's not going to outright say it maybe because its too soon but I wouldnt be surprised if we annexed the entire strait and put it under american control

theres a lot of pieces here that all point to asserting American hegemony over the global oil trade that will prop up the american dollar as nations panic and buy energy from the US, as well as give china and eurotrash the middle finger

Im fine with that, do that and disband NATO, then tell russia end the war or we end it for you

Id rather we be isolationist but that would mean having our thumb up our asses while china et al try to take over the world

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 09:26 PM (REq0p)

281 270 Bomb the mosques. Bomb enough of them, and maybe the "moderate" muzzies will rise up and overthrow the weirdbeards.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Reading on X the citizens are doing a good job of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:27 PM (9L6d7)

282 275 That is absolutely not what I expected.
Short, succinct, God bless the troops; Good night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (9L6d7)


I've heard him speak that way before. He has at least 4 different personas that he uses for public addresses.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 01, 2026 09:27 PM (kvcnI)

283 >>> Judge granting permission for Tiger Woods to leave the country to seek rehab treatment. Wood's defense team claims he can't get the necessary treatment in the US.

The most advanced medical treatment country in the World.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)


He's probably going to go to some SA jungle and get his mind blown on whatever is the newest shroom psychedelic trip influencers are talking about.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber in training at April 01, 2026 09:28 PM (3uBP9)

284 Listening to Trump on the radio. Is he telling us anything new?

Us, no. People who saw it on network TV, probably.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 09:28 PM (aUxYo)

285 I'm not sure what the rationale behind giving this address. Few people are persuadable on this conflict... but I guess there could be real value in communicating to the Iranian regime that were not backing down from this fight.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 01, 2026 09:30 PM (xqQi7)

286 A good crust recipe is a thing of beauty
Posted by: MkY at April 01, 2026 09:12 PM (q6tQZ)


Vodka. I added enough water to make it start balling up, and I added vodka to make it easy to work.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 09:30 PM (rbvCR)

287 274 Goodnight, Stateless.

Posted by: Bulg at April 01, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

288 He's probably going to go to some SA jungle and get his mind blown on whatever is the newest shroom psychedelic trip influencers are talking about.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space Plumber
-------

First thought was Austria, to get off the hard stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:33 PM (9L6d7)

289 Appropriate to the cafe's level of d'aww, I hope:

Department of Interior renames the racoon:
https://tinyurl.com/aprfooldoi2026

Posted by: RandomDave at April 01, 2026 09:33 PM (aJQbY)

290 Control of the Hormuz is key. But not for us. For the EU.

Trump's going to clear it out, then tax the living shit out of every tanker heading to Europe. They think 8 or 9 Euros a liter is nice... it'll be 18 or 19. On a good day. Bet it's more like 30 Euros this time next month.

I think Europe is rightly fucked.

As they should be. China and Russia can only hope they'll get oil at 30 euros or whatever a liter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 09:34 PM (AkEZC)

291 Damn. A MUMR sighting.

Old home week.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

292 Nobody's ever seen anything like it. Nobody can believe it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Good night.

Posted by: mindful webworker - words are all I have at April 01, 2026 09:36 PM (KNEaK)

293 In the drive to rename all the things to redress ancestral pain, "Slaves" will be renamed "Formerly free individuals" or "pre-manumission people"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 09:36 PM (rbvCR)

294 A proper history lesson would include British Petroleum and the Dulles brothers ousting Mossedegh. I mean, I get it. But they had a sordid history of fucking anyone over who didn’t play ball.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 01, 2026 09:37 PM (x0PGQ)

295 284 Listening to Trump on the radio. Is he telling us anything new?
-----

He made a three part legal statement first.
A statement of intent.
A fact statement comparing this war to our others.
Statement to fallen warriors.
Blessing to those in service.
God Bless America
Good night.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:40 PM (9L6d7)

296 Common Tater: although all this is true, Mossedegh had dissolved the majles (=parliament) and was purging his military and courts, and banned opposition press. The Shi'a clergy, "hardline" or not, had reason to fear they would be next. So did the shah at the time (born "Khan", now "Pahlevi"), at that point the last constitutional bulwark.
Mossedegh if he'd been allowed to continue would have plunged his country into a civil war. The USSR to his north would not have ignored this; it wasn't exactly stable itself at the time, being contested by Malenkov and Khrushchev.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:42 PM (gKWVE)

297 290 Control of the Hormuz is key. But not for us. For the EU.

Trump's going to clear it out, then tax the living shit out of every tanker heading to Europe. They think 8 or 9 Euros a liter is nice... it'll be 18 or 19. On a good day. Bet it's more like 30 Euros this time next month.

I think Europe is rightly fucked.

As they should be. China and Russia can only hope they'll get oil at 30 euros or whatever a liter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
---------

On the money. He's not going to let it go. They owe us a lot of money for expenses to clear up this mess. That's going to take a lot of oil.
And we haven't gotten to safe passage yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:44 PM (9L6d7)

298 Gonna' be a bad decade for Somali pirates too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:45 PM (9L6d7)

299 A proper history lesson would include British Petroleum and the Dulles brothers ousting Mossedegh. I mean, I get it. But they had a sordid history of fucking anyone over who didn’t play ball.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 01, 2026 09:37 PM (x0PGQ)

I thought that was debunked "common wisdom". Not arguing. But curious. I've read otherwise.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 09:45 PM (syAfa)

300 Trump kept saying "decimated." Decimated means 1 of 10. Annihilated is a better word.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 09:46 PM (qFwJc)

301 295 284 Listening to Trump on the radio. Is he telling us anything new?
-----

He made a three part legal statement first.
A statement of intent.
A fact statement comparing this war to our others.
Statement to fallen warriors.
Blessing to those in service.
God Bless America
Good night.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:40 PM (9L6d7)

Thx

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:46 PM (y171U)

302 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 09:44 PM (9L6d

I don't know if it's completed but a second pipeline is being built or just completed from Russia to China.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:47 PM (V4IXI)

303 Every day this goes on, Chyna is fooked.

Take you time, Mr. President.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 09:47 PM (qFwJc)

304 291 Damn. A MUMR sighting.

Old home week.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

Back in mom's basement for Easter, I suspect. Feed him ham and send his ass home.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (DwqWV)

305 >>i cannot recommend "The Right Stuff" often enough or highly enough -- it is a personal favorite film of mine. It cuts through the hero worship to show how human and down to earth the X-15 pilots and Mercury astronauts were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:56 PM (xG4kz)

--

It cuts *partway* through it, 'cause you end up admiring them more. Especially Yeager. The next-to-last scene, when he's bailed out if the x-15 after approaching space, and the rescue team sees him walking toward them with his face half-burned and still smacking his gum. ...

"Sir, over there. Is that a man?"
"Ohhh you damn right it is!"

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (NYInA)

306 Why does the NASA mission camera footage look so shitty compared to what we have seen during the SpaceX missions?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (cWLG3)

307 Im half expecting Trump to announce the plans for a new Trump Tower on the moon

classy and luxurious

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 09:19 PM (REq0p)

And a fancy golf couse. Hey watch this 2000 yard drive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (snZF9)

308 >> Why does the NASA mission camera footage look so shitty compared to what we have seen during the SpaceX missions?

They've only spent $100B on this SLS-Orion. A decent video feed would cost another $100B, probably.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 09:51 PM (w6EFb)

309 > Im half expecting Trump to announce the plans for a new Trump Tower on the moon
---

see the plans for the Trump Presidential Library

it's a skyscraper, with his name on top

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:52 PM (ZxPkt)

310 278 Judge granting permission for Tiger Woods to leave the country to seek rehab treatment. Wood's defense team claims he can't get the necessary treatment in the US.

The most advanced medical treatment country in the World.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)

If I were him, I would also avoid the paparazzi and other MSM coverage of every sneeze and bowel movement.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 09:53 PM (DwqWV)

311 306 Why does the NASA mission camera footage look so shitty compared to what we have seen during the SpaceX missions?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (cWLG3)

Agree. Missed the launch, watched replay. At lift off the camera showed engines firing, then cut to the rocket it was already gone haha.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 09:53 PM (y171U)

312
Yeager was walking away from a F-104 Star fighter with a rocket motor

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 09:53 PM (Y8DZL)

313 Trump lied abouts my Black's Presdent in toonight garbage speak and that bothers me.

Presdent oboneo do something Trumps lyes now !!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 09:54 PM (dNEfJ)

314 Trump may leave a naval force in place, but the responsibility for keeping the gulf and the straits open will be for the gulf states. Oman and whoever wants to kick in some.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 09:54 PM (rbvCR)

315 Why does the NASA mission camera footage look so shitty compared to what we have seen during the SpaceX missions?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 09:48 PM (cWLG3)

I said the exact thing to the wife while we were watching. I said this camera work is shit compared to space X. She countered with "yeah and we can see inside the capsule with space X too".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 09:55 PM (snZF9)

316 Trump lied abouts my Black's Presdent in toonight garbage speak and that bothers me.

Presdent oboneo do something Trumps lyes now !!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 09:54 PM (dNEfJ)

He was being fucking kind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 09:56 PM (snZF9)

317 Looks like our courts are going to screw Americans over again. I'm about ready for a do over on what these courts can legally do. They are NOT there to MAKE LAWS.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 09:56 PM (pvf3X)

318 If I were him, I would also avoid the paparazzi and other MSM coverage of every sneeze and bowel movement.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 09:53 PM (DwqWV)

He's the most famous athlete in the world but I agree that other countries suppress the 'press' much more than we do. But also hundreds of celebrities have done rehab here without any press.

Admittedly I'm biased because I'm not a Tiger fan from the very start of his career.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:58 PM (V4IXI)

319 what is happening in this clip

https://tinyurl.com/2mjcvu55

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:58 PM (ZxPkt)

320 Avs are losing 5-2 to THE worst team in the NHL

wtf

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:59 PM (ZxPkt)

321 Who else of us youngsters watched Armstrong step off the lander, listening to those radio communications that had that light-speed delay, then step outside to look at the moon? Just because?
Posted by: mindful webworker - empty space was angry that day my friends at April 01, 2026 09:16 PM (KNEaK)

--

Yup. I was 8. Also, my dad and mom took us down from SC to watch the launch. Dad was with the press so he got a close look. The rest of us were across the river.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 09:59 PM (NYInA)

322 Looks like our courts are going to screw Americans over again. I'm about ready for a do over on what these courts can legally do. They are NOT there to MAKE LAWS.
Posted by: Case

Dredd Scott resolved a lot of political issues.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 10:00 PM (/lPRQ)

323 Admittedly I'm biased because I'm not a Tiger fan from the very start of his career.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 09:58 PM (V4IXI)

He's not the brightest of bulbs, but he could drive like nobody else. Too bad he couldn't putt, or keep it in his pants.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 10:01 PM (DwqWV)

324 I've seen the Armstrong broadcast many times but I can't recall seeing it live.

I would have been 9 years old and it would have been summer.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:02 PM (V4IXI)

325 They're renaming "Master-Slave Token Passing" (MS/TP) to be Manager-Subscriber Token Passing.

Great. How noble of them.

Hey... guys?

You left in "Token". Racists.

And "Passing"? Also highly problematic. Akshully.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (VR4+k)

326 324 I've seen the Armstrong broadcast many times but I can't recall seeing it live.

I would have been 9 years old and it would have been summer.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:02 PM (V4IXI)

It was the very first live broadcast on TV up here, so yeah, we watched. Before that, we were on a two week delay for broadcast TV except for local news. Kinda rotten for things like football or baseball. We listened to a lot on the radio from AFRN.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (DwqWV)

327 Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 10:03 PM (VR4

Educate me. What does this refer to?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (V4IXI)

328 Educate me. What does this refer to?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:04 PM (V4IXI

Serial communication protocol. Someone mentioned "re-naming" shit above. Thought this fit with the theme.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (VR4+k)

329 Serial communication protocol. Someone mentioned "re-naming" shit above. Thought this fit with the theme.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 10:05 PM (VR4+k

Thanks. Always be learning.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:06 PM (V4IXI)

330 Not to be confused with Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol. Which is MSTP. Not MS/TP.

Nor MST3K.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 10:07 PM (VR4+k)

331 ONT is NOOD

Pick up your beverages and mosey over

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419131

Posted by: mindful webworker - Wed Ness Day ONT at April 01, 2026 10:08 PM (KNEaK)

332
Ugh. Pray for him, y’all. Pray hard.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 09:21 PM (A5RD0)

Agree. He's bound to be tired. I don't think sick, but a lot on anyone. Hope he's resting and sleeping...altho I read he only sleeps 4hrs a night.

I don't think he was short of breath, just a different tone for him. Respectful in his message vs his normal self that we see. Respectful of the 13 men and women warriors who died and their families.

Every night, prayers for him, VP Vance, their family and friends, and cabinet. For a wall of protection and good health.

That any plan against them fail. I have prayed this since he was shot, and certainly since Novembe 2024. He's a man on a mission and he's winning. He needs our prayers, and I thank God for him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (WONhk)

333 300 Trump kept saying "decimated." Decimated means 1 of 10. Annihilated is a better word.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01,

------

You are correct, but it also means "almost total destruction"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 10:11 PM (otJlS)

334 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769240.Angle_of_Attack

Posted by: Desinex at April 01, 2026 10:21 PM (jrgJz)

335 I cannot recommend "The Right Stuff" often enough or highly enough -- it is a personal favorite film of mine. It cuts through the hero worship to show how human and down to earth the X-15 pilots and Mercury astronauts were.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 08:56 PM (xG4kz)

I despise this movie and it's retarded hatchet job on Gus Grissom. They 100% knew he wasn't at fault for his capsule sinking when they made the movie but the movie went ahead and smeared him anyway even though he literally sacrificed his own life for the space program.

Absolutely vile stuff from Philip Kauffman.

Posted by: Sjg at April 02, 2026 12:01 AM (aqZN1)

Quick Hits

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_

BREAKING: A just-disclosed Aug. 4, 2022, FBI email reveals two DOJ officials involved in the Russiagate hoax--George Toscas and Jay Bratt--were pushing the Mar-a-Lago raid hard despite FBI WFO objections: "We heard Mr. Toscas say yesterday in the call that 'he frankly doesn't give a damn about the optics' [of raiding a former president's home] and Mr. Bratt already has built an antagonistic relationship with FPOTUS's attorney Mr. Corcoran just prior to the execution of the warrant," guaranteeing the raid "will not go well."

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_


BREAKING: Newly released July 13, 2022, email b/t FBI field agents reveals they didnt think probable cause existed to search Mar-a-Lago but were "rebuffed" by Biden DOJ: "WFO does not believe we have established probable cause for the search warrant at Mar a Lago. DOJ has opined they do, requesting a wide scope including residence, office, storage space." Judicial Watch obtained the email thru FOIA.


Fabulous!

mojtabaisfabulous.jpg

Gunther Eagleman
@GuntherEagleman

BOOM! Kayleigh just dropped TRUTH:

There are over 500 firms in China helping CCP members come here to give birth in the US, all thanks to Obama’s 2009 loopholes.

That could mean 1 million new “anchor baby” voters by 2030.

Justice Alito wasn't having it.

Leading Report
@LeadingReport

BREAKING: Justice Sam Alito explains that unlimited birthright citizenship means a Chinese, Iranian or Russian foreigner can have a child in America, and that US citizen owes military allegiance to a foreign adversary.

Justice DEI wanted to prove that it's no big deal if millions of Fake American Citizens actually owe their primary allegiance to a hostile foreign country, so she embarrassed herself again. She claimed that if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan so what does it matter if we have 10 million Chinese anchor babies planted here by the CCP? We all owe our allegiance to some other country sometimes, baby.


Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS


The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most... She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It... if you have any questions... let's talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin... or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat... actually just don't, it's not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).


Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze

I think we're long over "Don't listen to her words, just pay attention to her skin color."

You of all people should have just learned that lesson in Texas.

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@christopherrufo

4h

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple senior HHS officials estimate that, under Gavin Newsom, California's state Medicaid program has lost 25 percent of its budget to fraud. This would mean it is currently losing $50 billion a year to scammers, fraudsters, and organized crime rings.

fraudandabuseincalifornia.jpg

Brandon Straka #WalkAway
@BrandonStraka

JD VANCE: "ICE arrested an illegal immigrant from Mauritania who's voted in 7 federal elections since 2008!"

"Even if you take the Democrats at their word, even if illegal aliens voting is very rare, then why don't we ban it anyway?"

Video here.

The internet did something it was supposed to do but never does: It actually brought together different people in a positive way.


Andrew Branca Show
@TheBrancaShow

1/6 Something remarkable just happened on X -- and almost nobody in legacy media noticed. A tweet about Japanese BBQ went viral in the US. What came next was completely unexpected. 🧵


2/6 X quietly launched automatic Japanese-to-English translation on posts.

The result? American and Japanese users started reading each other -- many for the first time.

And they immediately discovered something: they like the same things.
Andrew Branca Show

3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.


Japanese users were posting about wagyu, yakiniku, and grilling culture. Americans responded with their own BBQ passion. The two audiences went absolutely wild for each other.

A shared love of quality meat kicked off an international friendship movement in real time.

4/6 But it didn't stop at meat.

As the conversation deepened, both groups realized the connection ran much further.

Shared pride in their cultures.

Shared values around family, work, and national identity.

A shared worldview that the globalist left has spent decades trying to erase.

16h
5/6 This is what happens when the language barrier falls and ordinary people actually talk to each other -- without journalists, NGOs, or government officials in the way.

Japanese and Americans aren't supposed to like each other this much. The globalists need them divided.

Thanks to @Zakn.


Because Jonah Goldberg does not read actually-conservative media and never did, he is completely unaware that in fact there is a major and brutal pushback against the Nazis and fake conservatives who push socialism and Russian Imperialism. So no, it's not the same as Democrat senate candidates campaigning with Hasan "Let's face it, America deserved 9/11" Piker, an outright cheerleader for anti-American terrorist attacks. The left continues hugging its antifa and Islamic terrorists closer.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:48 PM




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1 Something happening in space today ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (eANu3)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (LdBR/)

3 There are over 500 firms in China helping CCP members come here to give birth in the US

How many *US* firms are doing the same thing, for *any* immivaders?

Posted by: just one more question at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (ULPxl)

4 Jonah is doubling up on the stupidium

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (bXbFr)

5 Jonah gets fatter and sadder every day.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (YwEeS)

6 We already knew he was gay for Iran, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (nDXEV)

7 Integrity is reporting a momentary ooopsie of some type. MC is looking at it.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)

8 Willowed on the previous thread :

261 234
I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)

I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (X5Jzz)

9 Watching a successful rocket launch never gets old. Especially a manned launch. That gigantic f'in thing was haulin' ass after 7 seconds.

/bunk

Posted by: 13times at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (JB8gf)

10 3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.
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Indeed.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

11 Jonah is long overdue to have a stroke and collapse on the floor of the local Taco Bell where he lives

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (REq0p)

12 Doesn't seem like an issue whatever it was. Some update on time when somesuch doohickey handover should occur.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (3uBP9)

13

Yay, NASA can still launch rockets! I want our govt to do the right thing, and do it well. Shame about the DEI grifting....

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (g6TN6)

14 Any way we can switch out the chinese babies for some jap babies?

Hell, even some Vietnamese would be better.

Posted by: Moo Goo Gai Pan at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (AknkO)

15
ICPS is firing, seems good. This is the perigee raise maneuver that gets in actual LEO, raising perigee out of the atmosphere.

They'll dick around a bit there, then do a big apogee raise burn, putting Orion in a very high elliptical earth orbit with a period of about 24 hours.

They'll then check systems out for a day, then the SM will do the final TLI push to the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)

16 This is why I voted for President Trump.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (LHPAg)

17 The issue was a temp reading on the line message and they are fixing the issue by,... suppressing the message. ENGINEERING!!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (3uBP9)

18 I feel bad for ace that it was such a slow News day.
At least it's over now.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (Sco7b)

19 >>> if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.

Non-citizens are not subject to the draft nor charges of treason. Espionage maybe...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)

20 Hes approaching mr creosote dumensions

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (bXbFr)

21

"Definitely Earned It" la-fucking-mao

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (g6TN6)

22 That was the coolest thing I’ve seen in a very long time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (A5RD0)

23 >>> Justice Sam Alito explains that unlimited birthright citizenship means a Chinese, Iranian or Russian foreigner can have a child in America, and that US citizen owes military allegiance to a foreign adversary.

It also means those same people are subject to being drafted into the US military w/o ever setting foot into the USA.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

24 Mr. Toscas in in prison now, right?

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

25 Godspeed, Artemis II.

Posted by: PabloD at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (8sD0/)

26 Were any of these facts about the 500 CCP firms doing baby business in America for nefarious purposes argued before the SCOTUS during the hearings today?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (qBdHI)

27 One thing I like better about the NASA coverage of this launch vs SpaceX is that there weren't a bunch of 20-something dweebs squealing and clapping in the background every time some little thing happened during the launch. Although about ten minutes in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (X5Jzz)

28
SOunds like there was some clock synchronization problem between two different clocks that MC saw. It looked good on the spacecraft, Wiseman said, so it's some problem on the ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)

29 >>14 Any way we can switch out the chinese babies for some jap babies?

Hell, even some Vietnamese would be better.
Posted by: Moo Goo Gai Pan at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (AknkO)

Charlie don't surf.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (nDXEV)

30 I hope they all have an unbelievably boring mission.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

31
She continues to flex her brilliance

Flex for me, baby!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Cqx++)

32 in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.

*************

Same, i get enough of this at my job

Ill be nice though, I do hope the female astronaut is making nice sammiches right about now for the other astronauts for their road trip

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (REq0p)

33 >>> SOunds like there was some clock synchronization problem between two different clocks that MC saw. It looked good on the spacecraft, Wiseman said, so it's some problem on the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)


Time Lords. It's always Time Lords.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

34 But to pretend or even imply this is just a problem with one of our parties is crazy, stupid, ideologically dangerous jackassery.

-
The Democrats are just as sane as you and I!
- Mr. Bryon Noem

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (ndZc7)

35
NASA' graphic is showing the ICPS engine burning. It's not. The perigee raise burn hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

36 >>Ill be nice though, I do hope the female astronaut is making nice sammiches right about now for the other astronauts for their road trip

Maybe she'll provide some Tang. To drink, of course.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (nDXEV)

37 An upside to the lone dissent on the speech decision just released -- KJB is so off the wall, so stupid, and so embarrassing that she might have a *positive* effect of making other justices move away from her arguments and positions because "if KJB thinks this way, it must be stupid."

I kind of Supreme Court Jim Cramer.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (Fg7bI)

38 ICPS is firing, seems good. This is the perigee raise maneuver that gets in actual LEO, raising perigee out of the atmosphere.

They'll dick around a bit there, then do a big apogee raise burn, putting Orion in a very high elliptical earth orbit with a period of about 24 hours.

They'll then check systems out for a day, then the SM will do the final TLI push to the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)

There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.

There is a replacement under development that uses kittens as the critters - Kitten Space Agency I think it is.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

39 I'm enjoying the Japanese Xitter. I think I started seeing some Swedish posts, too. It's as if a wall has come down, and everyone is running toward each other with hugs and gifts.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (zYpTz)

40 Watching the Artemis cam, almost 1000 miles away from earth already

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (REq0p)

41 Oldcat: KSP2 turned out to be a massive grift. The original devs I think moved to the Kitten one.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (gKWVE)

42 "Non-citizens are not subject to the draft"

Au contraire, permanent residents have to register for the draft.

Posted by: Harun at April 01, 2026 07:09 PM (IuIym)

43 3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.
---
Indeed.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

Vegans are too hungry to enjoy anything

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

44
Note that the SLS-Orion is no Apollo-Saturn V. SLS/Orion does not have the delta-v fuel margin to put Orion in low lunar orbit and get back out.

This is why it's just a free-return flyby. The ICPS doesn't have the energy, and the final TLI has to be done by Orion itself.

Why you ask? Read up on the history of the boondoggle known as SLS.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

45 It's good that the roggets worked, but those are going to be replaced with the Superheavy booster.
Zimmerman is saying the real test will be with the life support system. SpaceX hasn't designed anything like this (the Dragon is just a shuttle to LEO).
Zimmerman is least hopeful for the return. The heat shields failed in 2022. NASA's response was "yolo" to that. The new trajectory is supposed to put less pressure on the shields.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (gKWVE)

46 One thing I like better about the NASA coverage of this launch vs SpaceX is that there weren't a bunch of 20-something dweebs squealing and clapping in the background every time some little thing happened during the launch. Although about ten minutes in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.
Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (X5Jzz)

I believe you’re thinking of a Blue Origin launch. I was embarrassed for them. Cheering was contrived, excessive, and obnoxious.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (NZIuw)

47 One alleged controversial element of SCROTUS eliminating 'birthright citizenship' - "But, but, but what about all those anchor babies losing their citizenship?"

Happens en masse several times before.
When Philippines was cut lose from being a Territory they had a deadline to get ass into what would in the future be the US proper by a deadline or they would lose citizenship. If Puerto Rico goes independent, the same. When certain island nations of the Pacific Trust Territory went independent, same.

Nothing remarkable about it other than some people freaking out about "It cannot happen"

It happens and has happened to tens of millions in the past WRT US citizenship.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (/lPRQ)

48 And it also got revealed that Americans and Japanese dislike immigrants who refuse to assimilate. No wonder the globalists are pissed off.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (+NIRm)

49 Brandon Straka #WalkAway @BrandonStraka

JD VANCE: "ICE arrested an illegal immigrant from Mauritania who's voted in 7 federal elections since 2008!"

"Even if you take the Democrats at their word, even if illegal aliens voting is very rare, then why don't we ban it anyway?"
===========

if we used the Democrats "It's so rare why worry about it?" thinking, since bank robberies are rare these days, why should banks waste money on safes and armed guards? And why spend money for a missile defense system for any parts of the US? No one has ever launched a long-range ballistic missile at us!!!

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (5rh/l)

50 Oldcat - yes, throwing rock. That is air defense if you throw it at anyone else who tried to land you our Moon.

"Hey you kids - get off of my Moon!"

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Fg7bI)

51 19 >>> if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.
____

It will take a lot of retardation to decide that the 14th actually DOES confer birthright citizenship to children born of parents that are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign country, but I think of at least 5 people who can come up with all sorts of retarded reasoning to make it happen!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Dv3i1)

52 Zimmerman is saying the real test will be with the life support system. SpaceX hasn't designed anything like this (the Dragon is just a shuttle to LEO).

***************

As long as nothing was made by Boeing Im not worried

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (REq0p)

53 >> almost 1000 miles away from earth already

They aren't technically in orbit now, in a more ballistic missile like sub-orbital trajector. The orbit is about 15 x 1300 miles. The upcoming ICPS perigee raise burn will raise that to 100 x 1300 miles. Then they'll be in orbit.

Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)

54 We already knew he was gay for Iran, what difference does it make?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (nDXEV)


Well, until January they were hanging homos, and now their favorite son is one, so . . .

I am not seeing a lot of forgiveness in the near future to paper over this

I am also suspicious of some serious mindf___ery anti government agitprop going on, and it smells like violets

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (rbvCR)

55 I hope they all have an unbelievably boring mission.
Posted by: banana Dream

They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

56 This person received the no-show contract, and this person was a close friend of an assistant superintendent of Newark Public Schools."

Funds have flown to a "literary consultant," partly using federal dollars, yet 1 year later, "THE WORK NEVER BEGAN"


===
JD Vance should look into this.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (GD0B3)

57 A modest proposal: draft all illegal aliens into the military, into special "hard manual labor" units to build housing and infrastructure. Tens of millions put to use, with court-martials waiting if they attempt to flee. Then watch as their actual countries rise to their defense, asserting -- correctly -- that they were never under our jurisdiction.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (Sy6m/)

58 >>> There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.

There is a replacement under development that uses kittens as the critters - Kitten Space Agency I think it is.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)


Kerbal is old? It came out in '15. I'M 29!!!!

Anyway KS2 is already in early release on steam at least.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)

59 Note that the SLS-Orion is no Apollo-Saturn V. SLS/Orion does not have the delta-v fuel margin to put Orion in low lunar orbit and get back out.

This is why it's just a free-return flyby. The ICPS doesn't have the energy, and the final TLI has to be done by Orion itself.

Why you ask? Read up on the history of the boondoggle known as SLS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

Even with the Saturn V that rocket could not lift everything far, -- the second stage had to fire to get the package all the way up. The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

60 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (gKWVE)

61 How do Americans know they are talking to Japanese people and not some chatbot? And vice versa?

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

62 "Non-citizens are not subject to the draft"

Au contraire, permanent residents have to register for the draft.
Posted by: Harun


Some people do not do context.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)

63 39 I'm enjoying the Japanese Xitter. I think I started seeing some Swedish posts, too. It's as if a wall has come down, and everyone is running toward each other with hugs and gifts.
______

This is awful news! We simply cannot let this happen, shut down X now!
-Most World 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Dv3i1)

64 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

65 Revolver News - Austria President says " A day will come when all women should wear a hijab"

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

66 Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

********************

I wonder what the flat earthers are thinking right now...

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (REq0p)

67 Is Pres Trump gonna give a speech or did I miss it?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (eZ5tL)

68 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.

-
Say what you will about Justice Jackson, her wallet stealing analogy makes a lot of sense. I mean, look at the Somalis in Minnesota.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (ndZc7)

69 The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).
____

Paging Zombie Bob Dole, Mr. Zombie Bob Dole to the white courtesy phone!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Dv3i1)

70 There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.
Posted by: Oldcat


A game from 2015 is old? If you weren't called Oldcat, I'd ask you to remove yourself from my lawn.

The game was the source of some good euphemisms. It didn't coin the phrase, but it popularized "rapid unplanned disassembly" for "exploded."

I also like "lithobraking"--using a planet's surface to slow your spaceship down--for "crashing."

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (VHUov)

71 >> The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

The third stage had two burns. First one to complete parking orbit, and then TLI, which did the spacecraft fully on the way to the Moon.

The Apollo SM had to do the lunar orbit insertion burn (and return to earth burn), but the 3rd stage did all the TLI burn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

72 Revolver News - Austria President says " A day will come when all women should wear a hijab"

-
Not just the fugly ones?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:17 PM (ndZc7)

73 I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (+nEug)

74 60 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (gKWVE)

Enough about Katy Perry's spaceflight already.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (nDXEV)

75 Is Pres Trump gonna give a speech or did I miss it?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (eZ5tL)

Last I saw it was scheduled for 9:00 tonight.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (NZIuw)

76 > Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS

I thought we were rid of this scrunt.

> She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

"Brilliance" compared to who? You? Well, maybe so.

A retarded cocker spaniel could get away with cheating her in a poker game.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (IG3/x)

77 A day will come when all women should wear a hijab

Guessing the Austrian President, deep down, is contemptuous of women and hopes for revenge against them.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (gKWVE)

78 China is about to explode into violence, starvation and death on a large scale. The rich and well to do have been planning on an exit plan for years, especially for the issue of their loins.

Expect a large wave of chinese American citizens to flood into the country in the next decade escaping their war torn land.

Posted by: Rice Bowl at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (AknkO)

79 Hey Japan, we go the meats!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)

80 I hate it when people stop talking.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

81 Oldcat - yes, throwing rock. That is air defense if you throw it at anyone else who tried to land you our Moon.

"Hey you kids - get off of my Moon!"
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Fg7bI)

I'd think a cargo mass drive would have a limited ability to move its target and fire in all directions.

I have read an SF story, though, where a work team on the moon tells the AI computer controlling things the position of a ridge blocking the projected path of a new mass driver. The response came back - completion time, 40 minutes.

They park for lunch and are nearly killed when the kinda smart AI fires ore from a mass driver at the ridge, blowing apart the obstacle and nearly killing them. It seemed like a good idea to the AI!

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8avO+)

82 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Private shows streaming on OrbitFans today!

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (VHUov)

83 53 >> almost 1000 miles away from earth already

They aren't technically in orbit now, in a more ballistic missile like sub-orbital trajector. The orbit is about 15 x 1300 miles. The upcoming ICPS perigee raise burn will raise that to 100 x 1300 miles. Then they'll be in orbit.

Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)


I beg to differ. Orion is in an Earth orbit. Problem is, the perigee is below ground. CRUNCH!

Sorry, publius, I couldn't resist using some lame physics trivia.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (5rh/l)

84 Thanks Buzz

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (znREB)

85 Chkna alread have numerous police stations to collect information from their spys and control their citizens

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

86 > Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

Allow me to suggest helicopters instead.

Posted by: Generalissimo Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (IG3/x)

87 "I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.
Posted by: Ben Had"

The entire spacecraft was designed around that toilet.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

88 >> I wonder what the flat earthers are thinking right now...

It's all CGI, they say. All these billions and billions, private companies, ELon, Rooskies, Chicoms, it's all a big fake Satanic conspiracy to hide the truth of the flat earth.

Nothing will convince these loons.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

89 "does not reflect our values"
Then your values suck. And you suck for promoting them.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (tIv/K)

90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

91 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals on stream live was recently given a long sentence in Korea for various crimes done for the views. Good.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (8avO+)

92 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.


Nope. Experts say your aim would improve over time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8ty7h)

93 The Japanese twitters I saw were asking about open spaces, and the responses were of yards and trips and tilling up gardens

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (rbvCR)

94 Nothing will convince these loons.

**************

Theyre just mad and butt hurt that all the conspiracy theories have been proven lately except for theirs

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (REq0p)

95 > It's all CGI, they say.

Little-known fact: the moon landings were faked by Stanley Kubrick.

However, notorious perfectionist that he was, he insisted that the filming be done on location.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (IG3/x)

96 90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.
Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

Wobbly legs?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (VR4+k)

97 I wonder if our astronauts will see the MOON NAZIS

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (n5tGW)

98 A retarded cocker spaniel could get away with cheating her in a poker game.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (IG3/x)

Having raised cocker spaniels I have to say "Ouch."
Very smart dogs in some ways, but too often at Golden Retriever levels.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (tIv/K)

99 >> The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

The third stage had two burns. First one to complete parking orbit, and then TLI, which did the spacecraft fully on the way to the Moon.

The Apollo SM had to do the lunar orbit insertion burn (and return to earth burn), but the 3rd stage did all the TLI burn.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

I'd forgotten the exact burn sequence for the stages by now, being pretty young and not following it up after the program ended. Thanks.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8avO+)

100 "I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.
Posted by: Ben Had"


It has a toilet that was fully functional in ground tests. Soon the astronauts will learn if it also works in zero-gee.

And if they need more toilet paper, they are now SOL!

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (5rh/l)

101
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (tljrc)

102 92 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.

Nope. Experts say your aim would improve over time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8ty7h)


KEIN STEHPINKELN!!

Posted by: The German solution to the problem at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (PiwSw)

103 > A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals

The so-called "Johnny Somali".


Worthless shitstain from a worthless country.


He's up for sentencing in South Korea this month.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)

104 >> I beg to differ. Orion is in an Earth orbit. Problem is, the perigee is below ground. CRUNCH!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought these typical orbit number, n x m, were not geocentric, but relative to the surface. So, a 15 x 1300 mile orbits means a low point of 15 miles about the mean surface and apogee of 1300.

It has to be because earth's radius is about 4000 miles. If those numbers were geocentric, the whole thing would be unground. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (w6EFb)

105 >>> The Japanese twitters I saw were asking about open spaces, and the responses were of yards and trips and tilling up gardens
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (rbvCR)


There were tours in Kansas, might still be, where Japanese people would be bussed out to the middle of the prairie to see what big spaces look like.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (3uBP9)

106 Nothing will convince these loons.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

Seriously, cui bono? Why would anyone sink so much institutional effort into something completely useless?

Nobody is cashing in on Round Earth Theory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (VR4+k)

107 A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals on stream live was recently given a long sentence in Korea for various crimes done for the views. Good.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (8avO+)

We need more prank videos from Detroit and Oakland.


My friends' cat Snowflake is always in and out with the dog. I gave her flea medication with permission. Anyways, I lost track today because the dog has been in and out, I'm lifting him, a lot going on.

About 4 hours later, I hear a meow and she's sleeping on a chair. I was completely surprised. She went home to get food and is sleeping upstairs now. I'll put her out later...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (Sco7b)

108 30 I hope they all have an unbelievably boring mission.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)
Me too.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (LHPAg)

109 96 90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.
Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

Wobbly legs?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (VR4+k)

Depends.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (nDXEV)

110 4 Jonah is doubling up on the stupidium

like a double-stuffed oreo of stupid

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:28 PM (oY6Yp)

111 Trump will be on TV tonites to lye about all the childrin of coller twonite in that's Irang place !•

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 07:28 PM (dNEfJ)

112 Penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere, particularly Antarctica, and do not inhabit space or participate in space missions like Artemis. The Artemis missions focus on human exploration of the Moon and beyond, not on wildlife.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at April 01, 2026 07:28 PM (vFG9F)

113 Data transmission problems.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:29 PM (3uBP9)

114 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.
Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

Wobbly legs?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (VR4+k)

Depends.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Floaters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2026 07:29 PM (/THgZ)

115 > He's up for sentencing in South Korea this month.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)

He's looking at > 40 years.

He won't get it, but one may hope he serves SOME time.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:29 PM (IG3/x)

116 There were tours in Kansas, might still be, where Japanese people would be bussed out to the middle of the prairie to see what big spaces look like.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (3uBP9)


Pfft. I had a friend who had family come out from Germany, so he drove them up the Columbia gorge. They couldn't get over the fact that it just. Kept. Going.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (rbvCR)

117 I think the ICP is Boeing.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (3uBP9)

118 Nothing will convince these loons.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

Seriously, cui bono? Why would anyone sink so much institutional effort into something completely useless?

Nobody is cashing in on Round Earth Theory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (VR4+k)

Hollow Earth theory is where the big money is.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)

119 90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.

i think they strap you down to improve your aim.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (oY6Yp)

120 Revolver News - Austria President says " A day will come when all women should wear a hijab"

-
Not just the fugly ones?!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:17 PM (ndZc7)

Translated from the original Austrian:

"Ein volk, ein reich, ein hijab!"

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (47/pr)

121 111 Trump will be on TV tonites to lye about all the childrin of coller twonite in that's Irang place !•
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 07:28 PM (dNEfJ)

Why don't your city just become part of Canada and get it over with !!!

Take your Fat Ass and go to Homo land in Canada !!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (38587)

122 118 Hollow Earth theory is where the big money is.

hello, kitty > hollow earth

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:31 PM (oY6Yp)

123 115 > He's up for sentencing in South Korea this month.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)

He's looking at > 40 years.

He won't get it, but one may hope he serves SOME time.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:29 PM (IG3/x)

His time might be as little as 3-5 years, but it *will* involve hard labor.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:31 PM (nDXEV)

124 Yeah let's all listen to an Austrian politician making strident and racist claims about what everyone else has to do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:31 PM (VR4+k)

125 I'm not a gamer, but I'm familiar with Kerbal Space Program from watching the "Life of Boris" channel on YouTube. I found his play-throughs to be quite amusing (YMMV).

Posted by: PabloD at April 01, 2026 07:31 PM (8sD0/)

126 Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman
BOOM! Kayleigh just dropped TRUTH:

There are over 500 firms in China helping CCP members come here to give birth in the US, all thanks to Obama�s 2009 loopholes.

That could mean 1 million new �anchor baby� voters by 2030.
____________________________

I mentioned this oddity before. In Southern California there a number of mobile birthing centers. They move around to different motels along the border. And, while you might assume that most of the non-citizens using these birthing centers to be hispanic, you'd be very wrong. Most users are Chinese "tourists". I'd go so far as to guess that the CCP is providing some funding for these ad hoc set ups.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (dIske)

127 104 >> I beg to differ. Orion is in an Earth orbit. Problem is, the perigee is below ground. CRUNCH!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought these typical orbit number, n x m, were not geocentric, but relative to the surface. So, a 15 x 1300 mile orbits means a low point of 15 miles about the mean surface and apogee of 1300.

It has to be because earth's radius is about 4000 miles. If those numbers were geocentric, the whole thing would be unground. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (w6EFb)


Welp, I don't know. It would make my retired brain hurt a lot if I tried to recall serious orbital mechanics, which I knew a little about but never applied it. In the Shuttle program everything I worked on was on-orbit stuff. The SRBs, ET, and OMS engines were things that I wanted to work but had no involvement with.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (5rh/l)

128 So have we kinda figured out the actual question before the Court today?

A) deny automatic citizenship for all noncitizens born in the US, after January 1, 2024.
B) grant automatic citizenship for all noncitizens born in the US forever.

Those are the only actual options before the Court.

See, as others noted, the ACLU option is the most extreme.
And they don't grant any lesser option--all citizens forever, no exceptions, no restrictions.

OTOH, Trump is saying, the accepted interpretation has no legal basis. But, we're not going to punish those already here. We only want to start enforcing the law as written.

So, you can say Roberts and ACB are spineless weasels--and they are--but there is a reasonable option and an extreme option before them.

Now go back and look at their questioning in that light.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (HXT0k)

129 Hollow Earth theory is where the big money is.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)


That is only part of the secret. The whole secret encompasses Vril.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (rbvCR)

130 113 Data transmission problems.

should'a stuck with the stick shift

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (oY6Yp)

131 They just don't get it.

One hears stories of tourists who think they're going to see the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls on the same weekend, traveling by car.

Oregon is larger than the UK.
Texas is larger than France.
Alaska is larger than all of Western Europe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (IG3/x)

132 Maybe NASA would not have had to scrounge around for used shuttle parts if California and Minnesota hadn't ripped the country off of millions and millions of dollars. Another reason why those people should rot in jail.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (pvf3X)

133 Houston "in the blind". Data transmission problems.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (3uBP9)

134 He's up for sentencing in South Korea this month.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)

He's looking at > 40 years.
He won't get it, but one may hope he serves SOME time.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

40 years in a ROK "beat your obnoxious ass daily" prison sounds like a fair life sentence.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM (/lPRQ)

135 My friends' cat Snowflake is always in and out with the dog. I gave her flea medication with permission. Anyways, I lost track today because the dog has been in and out, I'm lifting him, a lot going on.

About 4 hours later, I hear a meow and she's sleeping on a chair. I was completely surprised. She went home to get food and is sleeping upstairs now. I'll put her out later...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 07:27 PM (Sco7b)

Growing up there were a few cats that obtained spare owners to get a few extra dinners and pets.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)

136 A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals on stream live was recently given a long sentence in Korea for various crimes done for the views. Good.

Had to look it up. You warmed my black and bitter heart.

Ismael's sentencing is scheduled for April 15, 2026, in which he may face a fine of ₩150,000 (US$131.12), the possibility of having to register as a sex offender, and three years of prison labor.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (+NIRm)

137 Artemis II > Artemis 11

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (q177U)

138 Does the new Ayatollah Spit or Swallow ???

Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (/Uzmo)

139 127 Welp, I don't know. It would make my retired brain hurt a lot if I tried to recall serious orbital mechanics, which I knew a little about but never applied it.

would you like to more about kerbal space program?

Posted by: elder jebediah at April 01, 2026 07:34 PM (oY6Yp)

140 In space, no one can smell mephitic penguin droppings.

That's because there aren't any.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

141 105 - I did a road trip with a Japanese friend back in the 90s. We drove into Kansas in the dark, so when we exited the motel in the morning he got his first look at the prairie. He couldn't believe his eyes. There's no terrain in Japan remotely like that.

Posted by: PabloD at April 01, 2026 07:34 PM (8sD0/)

142 Pfft. I had a friend who had family come out from Germany, so he drove them up the Columbia gorge. They couldn't get over the fact that it just. Kept. Going.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:30 PM (rbvCR)

In high school I was pen pals with a girl from England. She had never been to America, and she was mystified at the sheer size of our country, especially regarding weather. In the UK, pretty much the same weather nationwide.

BTW, she was a cutie. I wish we could have met.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0aYVJ)

143 138 Does the new Ayatollah Spit or Swallow ???
Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 07:33 PM (/Uzmo)

You know what they say. "When in Qom..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:35 PM (VR4+k)

144 Simple: suicide for the country to let our enemies become citizen.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 07:35 PM (bzCQS)

145 a PS to my 127 - I also never worked on what was called flight design - all the flight trajectory stuff from clearing the tower to wheels stop.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (5rh/l)

146
JM,

Exactly

Posted by: fourseasons at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

147 I can't say that the MC talk sounds good. I haven't heard an Integrity reply.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

148 should'a stuck with the stick shift
Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:32 PM


That's misogynist!

Posted by: KJB at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

149 127 Welp, I don't know. It would make my retired brain hurt a lot if I tried to recall serious orbital mechanics, which I knew a little about but never applied it.

would you like to more about kerbal space program?
Posted by: elder jebediah at April 01, 2026 07:34 PM (oY6Yp)

There are some counter-intuitive features of orbitals. If you come near a station and want to dock, blasting forward gives you a higher orbit and you slow down and lose ground.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

150 140 In space, no one can smell mephitic penguin droppings.

That's because there aren't any.


hmmm.... *scribbles note* space cures mephitis

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (oY6Yp)

151 I've never been anywhere as disturbingly flat as Indianapolis.

I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:37 PM (VR4+k)

152 149 There are some counter-intuitive features of orbitals. If you come near a station and want to dock, blasting forward gives you a higher orbit and you slow down and lose ground.

yeah, i found docking to be about the hardest thing to do in ksp. even harder than landing on minmus.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 07:37 PM (oY6Yp)

153 OTOH, Trump is saying, the accepted interpretation has no legal basis. But, we're not going to punish those already here. We only want to start enforcing the law as written.

So, you can say Roberts and ACB are spineless weasels--and they are--but there is a reasonable option and an extreme option before them.

Now go back and look at their questioning in that light.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


But, we're not going to punish those already here.

That is key and how it has been done in the past when misc. territories were cut lose. It also gives those currently outside the US proper time to relocate... and vice versa.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)

154 In space, no one can hear you.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:37 PM (nDXEV)

155 I watched the launch on Tousi and he mentioned something about there being no communication for 50 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 07:38 PM (+nEug)

156 The Japan flood on Twixxer is pretty excellent, but it has brought the thirst trap Japanese 304s and content farmers from Japan too, sadly

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 07:38 PM (El6/E)

157 There are some counter-intuitive features of orbitals. If you come near a station and want to dock, blasting forward gives you a higher orbit and you slow down and lose ground.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

Feh. Lock SAS to target retrograde and punch it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:38 PM (VR4+k)

158 In high school I was pen pals with a girl from England. She had never been to America, and she was mystified at the sheer size of our country, especially regarding weather. In the UK, pretty much the same weather nationwide.

BTW, she was a cutie. I wish we could have met.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0aYVJ)

My sister was pen pals with a dude in Thailand. He mentioned going to a brothel in Bangkok and had to do some 'story revisioning' when she asked him about it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:38 PM (8avO+)

159 3/6 It started with meat."



It's all about the angle of the dangle and the heat of the meat

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 07:38 PM (NtVYv)

160 >> I can't say that the MC talk sounds good

This happened with the Apollo mission several times. Iw was listening to some of the accelerated mission audio for Apollo 8, 9, 10, 11 a while back.

They would lose the ground link some time during the hand over to another ground station (in low earth orbit, a given ground station can't see the spacecraft for but a small window).

This sounds exactly like that. They're still getting other data, just lost the link to the astronauts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)

161 Or make MechJeb do it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:39 PM (VR4+k)

162 As someone who grew up in Hawaii, l can confirm that the Japanese do a nice BBQ. Koreans too.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 07:39 PM (k8Vnt)

163 They are still getting data from the ICP. Oh fucking good good good they have integrity again. Damn. Damn. nerve racking.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (3uBP9)

164 Thank you, Joyenz, for maintaining the tradition.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (NcvvS)

165 I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko


Check out the Salt Flats.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

166 I've never been anywhere as disturbingly flat as Indianapolis.

I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:37 PM (VR4+k)

Kansas is a bit rolling for most of it. East Colorado and Nebraska are more purely flat.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)

167 I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.

I went to visit a cousin in Nebraska last year, and it was different. I live in a valley between two mountain ranges, and am used to hills and such.

Nebraska may have hills, but nowhere near were I was. You could see to Canada. And I never got the whole "feeling exposed and isolated, lost in the endless horizon" thing but staying at a farm house near a tiny tiny little hamlet made me understand all those horror movies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (El6/E)

168 If they return to Spacedock, the assassins will surely find a way to dispose of their incriminating footwear.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (nDXEV)

169 Simple: suicide for the country to let our enemies become citizen.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 07:35 PM (bzCQS)

Well, we should not be so hasty. After all, there is a lot of money to be made from all those anchor babies.

Posted by: The Deep State, Democrats and Federal Judges at April 01, 2026 07:41 PM (AknkO)

170 Seattle to Miami is farther than London to Tel Aviv

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 07:41 PM (/Chlc)

171 I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko


Check out the Salt Flats.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

The land may be flat, but when I drove a truck with a balloon payload over it the road was NOT. mini potholes every inch from Salt Lake to Nevada.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:42 PM (8avO+)

172 >>> Kansas is a bit rolling for most of it. East Colorado and Nebraska are more purely flat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)

It's mostly flat, flint hills are rolley. But mid through CO border is flat.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

173 Kansas is a bit rolling for most of it. East Colorado and Nebraska are more purely flat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)

It's mostly flat, flint hills are rolley. But mid through CO border is flat.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

Drove my car and 2 kitties over it to So Cal from Chicago.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:43 PM (8avO+)

174 In southern Louisiana, the only hills we have are man made and we call them levees.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 07:43 PM (k8Vnt)

175 I was listening to the SCOTUS arguments this morning, and after KJB's words of wisdom I had a splitting two Aleve headache, coupled with joint pain worse than usual. I had a District Justice back inPA, retired cop, better qualified than her. And then there was Bob. Used to give Bob a hot cup of coffee when I was up early and he was picking up the dumpster. Associate Justice Bob.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 07:44 PM (gm9Sb)

176 When you go over the Delaware Memorial Bridge, off to the right, you can see the fall line of the Atlantic seaboard.
Take a picture because that’s the last time you’ll see a hill on the Delmarva.

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 07:45 PM (/Chlc)

177 Kansas and Nebraska have a lot of regions with nice hills and valleys, and nice folks. The freeways (I80 & I70) do not necessarily reflect this. Both were on our list of bugout states to escape Colorado. Ended up in Idaho.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 07:45 PM (0aYVJ)

178 In southern Louisiana, the only hills we have are man made and we call them levees.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 07:43 PM (k8Vnt)

South side of Chicago is like that. There was a road called "Ridge Road". It was about 6 foot above the surrounding terrain.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:45 PM (8avO+)

179 I remember reading that, to scale, Kansas is actually flatter than a typical pancake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:45 PM (IG3/x)

180 Rare sighting....
==============
The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command’s secretive NT-43A has been spotted in Florida, taking part in the preparations for the launch of NASA’s long-delayed Artemis II lunar space mission. This highly unique and notoriously shy plane, a converted militarized Boeing 737-200 variant (T-43) also commonly known by the callsign RAT55, has long been used as an airborne signature measurement platform to support work related to stealthy military aircraft. However, during a high-stakes space launch, its two huge radar arrays, modular electro-optical and infrared sensors, and other capabilities would likely be well-suited to gathering telemetry and other valuable data.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 07:46 PM (AkEZC)

181 There are people who appreciate flat terrain, you know.

Posted by: Brie Larson at April 01, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

182 I hate com loss on modern digital telemetry systems because they will just echo/repeat last values and for voice that's the last things the crew says, sometimes their words echoing over and over. Very disconcerting when you are on ground monitoring. There was a Dr Who episode where the crew's coms would do that ehco and they must have consulted a test crew because it happens just like that. Echos from ghosts.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:46 PM (3uBP9)

183 There are people who appreciate flat terrain, you know.
Posted by: Brie Larson at April 01, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

What's the proper antonym for "corn fed"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:47 PM (VR4+k)

184 288 Just have to say that when space x launched rocket man in a tesla they gave us full colored tv of the the earth for quite a long time. NASA gave us graphics that aren’t even as good as kerbal space program

I’ve changed my mind. It’s all fake and ghey


My memory of the original landing was me asking my dad where Kirk and Spock were because in my child’s mind it was obvious the enterprise should be here.

Posted by: The Dog at April 01, 2026 07:47 PM (XodLO)

185 Saskatchewan should have tours for foreigners who want to lose their minds.

I'm debating whether to dvr or watch President Trump tonight. There's no crowd so it's probably under 1.5 hours.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 07:47 PM (Sco7b)

186 I can't imagine what the *really* flat mirror finish atomically smooth states like Kansas are like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Kansas is a bit rolling for most of it. East Colorado and Nebraska are more purely flat.
Posted by: Oldcat


Other than Bonneville, the Red River (of the North) Valley is probably the flattest place in the USA. Northeast ND, Northwest MN.

There's a little notch where the river runs, then its flat for miles and miles. Not level; it gains about 1 foot of elevation for every mile you get away from the river. But the only "hills" are the ones that we built for highway overpasses.

Fire up Google Maps and drop the Street View guy anywhere north-ish of Fargo. Spin in a circle. Try to find any topology anywhere. It ain't there.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (VHUov)

187 Born in northern Indiana, it’s flat with lots of corn. FLAT! Don’t miss it at all.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (2NHgQ)

188
I hear they're talking about "seeing more motion on the SAW" than expected, so they're recycling the "brake on the SAW". Whatever the hell that means.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)

189 There's a few spots on I 40, crossing the TX panhandle, where you can look to your left, look to your right, and see nuttin but the horizon.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (gm9Sb)

190 I once watched a Shuttle launch from the periscope of a nuclear submarine off the coast of FL. Suck on that, Euroweenies!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (k8Vnt)

191 174 In southern Louisiana, the only hills we have are man made and we call them levees.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2026 07:43 PM (k8Vnt)
Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 07:49 PM (LHPAg)

192 >>> I hear they're talking about "seeing more motion on the SAW" than expected, so they're recycling the "brake on the SAW". Whatever the hell that means.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)


I think the SAW is a deployed solar array. Their e-power.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:49 PM (3uBP9)

193 I remember reading that, to scale, Kansas is actually flatter than a typical pancake.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia


If the Earth were the size of a bowling ball, its surface would be smoother (minus the finger holes, of course.)

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:50 PM (VHUov)

194
Jada Pinkett Smith is to play Kurt Russell's character in next year's remake of "The Thing".

This has to be a write off project.

Or they're just that high.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 07:50 PM (Y8DZL)

195 Nebraska may have hills, but nowhere near were I was. You could see to Canada. And I never got the whole "feeling exposed and isolated, lost in the endless horizon" thing but staying at a farm house near a tiny tiny little hamlet made me understand all those horror movies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (El6/E)

West Nebraska is on a tilt for about half the state. Coming back there was a blizzard that shut down the highway for a day or so so we were stuck near Salt Lake. As we went into Nebraska they had plowed the highway first then plowed the overpasses down onto the highway so there was a ridge of snow and ice the trucks had bulldozed mostly clear. It was bumper to bumper at night with trucks going about 40 no stopping. Our truck blew a tire and we just had to run on the one tire of the pair for hours before we could find a hotel and service station.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:51 PM (8avO+)

196 The view from DU:

"So, about that space launch...

My husband says, what a relief to have something else dominating the news besides Trump.

It's true, when they ask me what it was like during the Trump years, I would have to say that every day felt like we were dealing with a new Constitutional crisis and it wore us down."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

197 Fun fact.The highest building in NE is the Woodmen Tower in Omaha. Second highest is any rando silo.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gm9Sb)

198
The girl astronaut had to use the toilet. There is an apparent malfunction. She's got a blinking amber light and no flow.

Uh-oh. Abort time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)

199 What, Queen Latifah couldn't clear her schedule?

Fecks sakes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:52 PM (VR4+k)

200 Toilet blinking lights! They are trouble shooting. Houston will have to think about it for a while but they can use CCUs in the meantime.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (3uBP9)

201 My Chink friend was roasting a pangolin
i had a half shell possum on the bar B
He was sipping a Snow
I had a Lone Star
He was like Ill come see you next year for the brit milah
I was like game on when you coming
He said the month of June, they will do 3 a day.
And I was like dude that almost 100
He said 1 of them will be US President in 2072.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (/+uur)

202 Nood. Café.

The Nood abides.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

203 Nood cafe

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (vSvIl)

204 We be Hope's that Idiotte Trump addresses the country on what help he gots from Presdent Obomaer to win the war in that's Irun place.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 07:54 PM (dNEfJ)

205 I hear they're talking about "seeing more motion on the SAW" than expected, so they're recycling the "brake on the SAW". Whatever the hell that means.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)

Squad Automatic Weapon, designated as M239 or M249 depending on caliber. They might run into hostile extraterrestrials, so can't be too careful.

Posted by: Mars might attack at April 01, 2026 07:54 PM (TbWk/)

206 There's a few spots on I 40, crossing the TX panhandle, where you can look to your left, look to your right, and see nuttin but the horizon.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 07:48 PM (gm9Sb)

The highest point in Odessa/Midland is the old dump. You can see the curvature of the earth.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 07:55 PM (NtVYv)

207 Fun fact.The highest building in NE is the Woodmen Tower in Omaha. Second highest is any rando silo.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gm9Sb)

The Woodmen tower is now 2nd highest. There is a 45 story building in Omaha now.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:55 PM (8avO+)

208 200 Toilet blinking lights! They are trouble shooting. Houston will have to think about it for a while but they can use CCUs in the meantime.

How to you take piss in Zero G ????
The flow does not go downward .....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (/Uzmo)

209 200 Toilet blinking lights! They are trouble shooting. Houston will have to think about it for a while but they can use CCUs in the meantime.

How to you take piss in Zero G ????
The flow does not go downward .....
Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 07:56 PM (/Uzmo)

Into a baggie.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:57 PM (8avO+)

210 I have used a Pittle Pack when I flew FB-111s and that was challenging enough !!!!

Trying pissing during heavy turbulence .....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at April 01, 2026 07:59 PM (/Uzmo)

211 I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?
Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

We retired the 1000's about a week after the landing and I helped install the new VR-1100's The VR-1100's were solid-state monochrome machines'. The VR-1200's were solid-state color machines. We also had 15 RCA TR -3 playback machines as well as one TR-4 in the record room. No school. I was awarded my MOS, 26T20, after Basic in Fort Dix. I was drafted in Sept '67 and had previous experience in TV and electronics. Surprised me that the Army actually read my history! Especially being a draftee.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (5xuJ/)

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 08:04 PM (5xuJ/)

212 My late older brother made the mylar canister that they carried the flag to the moon in on the Apollo 11 mission. He took the left over scrap material - cut it up and gave a piece of it to each of his siblings. It is my proudest possession: its like having a piece of material that Columbus' sail was made from.

That Mylar canister can be seen lying on the surface of the moon in some of the photos that Armstrong took. I like the idea that there is some litter from my family on the moon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 01, 2026 08:05 PM (Da7Vv)

213 Not flat here. Elevation is 2100 ft. There are flat places, just not all of KS

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 01, 2026 08:07 PM (gQ15S)

214 I work at a national training center, had you told me in 1986 when my grandfather died that one of my happiest memories of my four decades around the military machine and understanding it after a fashion would have been our Japanese allies being allowed to take the simple joy of soldiering with their American allies and the smiles and love between them my other grandfather who died in 79 would have rolled over in his grave.

Dad's dad fought the Germans, mom's dad had fought the Japanese....one day perhaps too soon we will fight the Chinese together.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 08:30 PM (Int1s)

215 Space is the place-Sun Ra

ACE is the place- John Madden

Posted by: Vic Romano at April 01, 2026 09:06 PM (xNy4G)

216 I had cousin and his wife drove out to Glacier National Park via the highline in Northern Montana. Highline is the far north area of Montana that borders Alberta and Saskatchewan. It's as flat as a table top compliments of the ice age.

Anyway, my cousin said they actually got terrified at the shear emptiness. You could probably see a grain elevator 10+ miles away.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 01, 2026 09:16 PM (tYGL3)

Go For Launch: Artemis II Moon Shot Launch

Supposedly in six minutes. They're in the final checklist. Everything is a go so far.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:18 PM




Comments

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1 Good luck to all.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (q177U)

2 Firsts!

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (vFG9F)

3 futz

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

4 I guess I'm kind of an asshole chauvinist, I don't like all the chicks on the NASA comms.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)

5 Nasa live stream

Launch clock on hold at 10 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: BifBewalski

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (QVmho)

6 I could have been first but I was launching my rocket.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

7 Amazing how nobody really seems to care.

Posted by: Erik L at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (xofyr)

8 Launch director performing final verification to come out of the 10 minute hold.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (O7YUW)

9 God speed Artemis.

Posted by: WisRich at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (mMoRd)

10 Go for launch!!!!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (bNf8H)

11 >>>Amazing how nobody really seems to care.
Posted by: Erik L at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (xofyr)

I'm STARTING to care. Getting excited finally.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (q177U)

12 Stop the speeches and light the candle!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (bNf8H)

13 The feed I've been watching is stuck on T -10:00, but it does not say "Hold".

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (vbXSk)

14 nuf speechifyin'. Light this candle.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (w/O5Q)

15 That's no moon.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (JkO4W)

16 This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (nDXEV)

17 Stop talking over the actual NASA personnel you stupid talking head.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (O7YUW)

18 How many G's are they going to pull, morons?

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)

19 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.

Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

20 Ads on YouTube really suck.

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)

21 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)

22 I'm gonna have to start dinner soon. Poor timing on NASA's part.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

23 >>How many G's are they going to pull, morons?
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)
__
I heard 10 on re-entry.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (bNf8H)

24 This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (nDXEV)

That song is some of Peart's best lyrics.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (CNl8/)

25 Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack


Brave Browser with Ad Block Plus, amigo.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (diia5)

26 Good luck to NASA.

Is it wrong that I expect something horrific to happen?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

27 This would be the perfect moment for a mystery drone swarm.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (q177U)

28 This launch will only make Iran stronger.

Posted by: The Financial Times Theater Kids at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (1wjle)

29 DEI Apollo 8

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (7cwQo)

30 Rickl would have loved this. </3

Posted by: Oedipus at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (Z6vKV)

31 Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)


Assuming you're watching in a browser, switch to Brave and have no more ads.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

32 I'm old enough to remember when everyone would watch a launch. I thought we would be way beyond this by now. My chance of going to a moonbase are zippitydoda at this rate.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)

33 They are doing a "short purge" and then will continue with terminal count. in about a minute I guess. No idea what they are purging, "just wrapping up some final work". yeah, OK.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (vbXSk)

34 23 >>How many G's are they going to pull, morons?
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)

I do not know but probably more E's and F's then G's ...

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (38587)

35 I think Andy Weir's middle novel was called Artemis.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)

36
Go/no-go was Go. Clock hasn't started yet. T-10 is terminal count. Automated system takes over when the start.

They can stop it if they have to, but it's harder to restart, they have to cycle back to T - 10M, I think, and can only do that so many times.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (w6EFb)

37 I remember staying home sick in junior high to watch our first space shuttle launch.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (IlL6s)

38 >>What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
__
Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (bNf8H)

39
Watch the nasa live stream, no one overtalks their feed. Clock just restarted

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (QVmho)

40 Pretty cool shit to see this in a new generation.

Just remember, 10 days, 600,000 miles relying on equipment provided by the lowest bidder. Godspeed.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (m5cxz)

41 How many G's are they going to pull, morons? >>>>

20, same as in town.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (n5tGW)

42 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)


All new hardware, designed and built by people who - mostly - hadn't been born the last time we landed on the moon, and using a system which has had numerous time and cost overruns.

Plus, historic firsts, man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

43 "This is one small step for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming persons and one giant leap for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming person kind."


Rolls off the tongue.one more time...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (Sco7b)

44 Countdown resumed.

Posted by: WisRich at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (mMoRd)

45
Clock has started.

Scroll down here for T- 10 terminal countdown events:

https://is.gd/g3Qi4M

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (w6EFb)

46 I hope that, if something bad has to happen during this flight, it's that all of the rockets fail to ignite. That would keep the crew safe.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (S/Y4j)

47 Wait, Wait! I forgot my hearing aids!

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (LHPAg)

48 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)
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Have we landed??

Have we??!

Have we??!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)

49 Wants to thanx Presdent Obana foor making this happin.

Thank You and we loves you...

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (dNEfJ)

50
I am praying that I'm grossly incorrect in my assumption that the rocket kills the crew.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (QVmho)

51 >> How many G's are they going to pull, morons?

3 - 4g.

Alan Shepard and the Mercury boys laugh. They pulled 7g during launch, and hit 11g during re-entry. They had the Right Stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (w6EFb)

52 The objective is to put a woman on the moon. Preferably black, possibly lesbian too. Beyond that I don't expect much until the government gets out of it.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (vFG9F)

53 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)

lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

Blame the Democrats for aborting the Space Program in the 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)

54 19 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.

Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

Because this is step 1 on going to Mars.

This is also the first time in decades that NASA hasn't been virtue signaling instead of exploring space.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (k1E2D)

55 this launch has more time outs than an NBA fourth quarter

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:29 PM (1wjle)

56 I hope that, if something bad has to happen during this flight, it's that all of the rockets fail to ignite. That would keep the crew safe.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (S/Y4j)

Our first space casualties was when the oxygen rich atmosphere in the capsule and a spark incinerated the crew of Apollo 1 on the pad.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:29 PM (8avO+)

57 >>> Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)


No youtube ads with Brave browser.

Posted by: banana Dream - Look at the plumage! at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

58 Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.

And that requires merely orbiting why, exactly?

Plus, historic firsts, man.

This strikes me as the real reason. Get them up there safely and back home, so we can brag about DEI

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (El6/E)

59 I'm on NASA's youtube channel, but I don't see any countdown.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (qBdHI)

60
Listen to the call outs for pressurization, internal power switchover, and ignition sequence start.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (w6EFb)

61 We sit in a pinnacle of rock... and no bird to sing.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (nDXEV)

62 I took do not have much faith in the FrankenRocket.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (/lPRQ)

63 If successful, they will be the farthest from Earth as any other human being. Going to learn something. I love it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (vV6n9)

64 It's like watching dachshund puppies race.

tasty, delicious dachshund puppies

Posted by: The Reptilians at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (w/O5Q)

65 NASA feed is better, not watching the garbage that is CBS

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (REq0p)

66 lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

That's like arguing we can't race in NASCAR because we have EFI instead of a carburetor. Better go back to driving around on roads a while first!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (El6/E)

67 >>And that requires merely orbiting why, exactly?
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Because they want to see if the untested shit works before trying to land.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (bNf8H)

68 Well, this will be interesting....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (AkEZC)

69 CNN reporter to kid at NASA launch site: "Why do you want to be here?"

Kid to CNN reporter: "We're going back to the f*cking moon, that's why!"

http://tiny.cc/rx71101

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (mkw2N)

70 Awesome

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (tcsrY)

71 >>What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
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Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (bNf8H)

Southern Equator?

We landed at least once in or near a highlands on the first moon shots.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (8avO+)

72
59 I'm on NASA's youtube channel, but I don't see any countdown.

Posted by: Lady in Black

See my post at #5 for that link

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (QVmho)

73 >>>This is also the first time in decades that NASA hasn't been virtue signaling instead of exploring space.

It's been "historic first" non stop

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (7cwQo)

74 Why are we going back?
Something to do about China I heard.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (pvf3X)

75 T-4

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (lHPJf)

76 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)

77
Call out for LES only. If they abort now, they'll have to fire the escape tower (this would be only if the rocket started to explode or something).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

78 Artemis schmartemis.


NASA SCHMASA.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (aTgV0)

79 lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

That's like arguing we can't race in NASCAR because we have EFI instead of a carburetor. Better go back to driving around on roads a while first!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (El6/E)

Orbiting the moon is "driving on roads a while"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)

80 Thanks, Bif!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (qBdHI)

81 Taking me back to the Saturn V days ...

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)

82 This launch must halt now because it will dump filthy Rocket Exhaust in the atmosphere and accelerate.....

"GLOBAL WARMING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (38587)

83 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.
Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

They have to re-learn all the skills acquired by all those brave men 70 plus years ago. Many honed in war as fighter pilots or otherwise.

Hopefully they will but I have my doubts. Too many variables and DEI politics.

Posted by: The Right Stuff at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (AknkO)

84 i added the nasa feed, thanks

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (1wjle)

85 Orange rocket. Orange president. Coincidence?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (viF8m)

86 >> "OH-ree-on."

Brett Baier did that yesterday. I was disappoint.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (w6EFb)

87 Effing ads

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (tcsrY)

88 No kings!!

....

Well, it felt relevant....

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (Fi81e)

89 "less than two minutes"

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (1wjle)

90 35 I think Andy Weir's middle novel was called Artemis.
Posted by: Axeman


It's the one that people haven't read. Well, that people called "gKWVE" haven't read...
I understand it's a different formula than "The Martian". "Hail Mary" (which I did read) is a return to that "Martian" form, of one guy alone making quips.
"Artemis" is about a woman who is on the Moon for the tourist industry.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (gKWVE)

91 Am I the only one surprised ace did not follow up the pinball ref with something like 'We are about to schlong the sky.' Or something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)

92
Gimbal test -- I always love that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (w6EFb)

93 Orbiting the moon is "driving on roads a while"

...which was my entire point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (El6/E)

94 "one of them built from shuttle parts" ...oh great, they are being thrifty, using used parts.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

95 Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????

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Good lord! This doesn't mean disco is coming back, does it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)

96 https://www.rocketlaunch.live/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (5xuJ/)

97 Streaming Tousi on uTube

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (/Chlc)

98 Heh, Three leftover used shuttle engines and one built from spare parts...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)

99 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)


Reeding iz hard

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (lHPJf)

100 The CBC has no talking heads
Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

101 One minute

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (FOlVe)

102 Awesome shots testing the hydraulics on the nozzles

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (IlL6s)

103 Judge Boassaberg just ruled that Donald Trump's Artemis rocket may not launch.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vFG9F)

104

Gimbal test -- I always love that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Totally cool looking.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (QVmho)

105 74 Why are we going back?

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Gene Cernan thinks he left his phone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (JkO4W)

106 And so the countdown begins.

Posted by: guy who always thinks the countown is beginning at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (1wjle)

107
1 minute, here we go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (w6EFb)

108 1 minute!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (q177U)

109 here we go!

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (REq0p)

110 "one of them built from shuttle parts" ...oh great, they are being thrifty, using used parts.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

'Pre-owned.'

Like a new girlfriend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

111 We don't need no steenkin adblock plus with Brave.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (aTgV0)

112 Here we go

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (A5RD0)

113 Am I the only one surprised ace did not follow up the pinball ref with something like 'We are about to schlong the sky.' Or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)
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It would just reference Kurt Vonnegut's "The Space Fuck" short story.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e)

114 Nice camera work, NASA.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (bNf8H)

115 We're blowing our load!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (q177U)

116 Wheee

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (tcsrY)

117 those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean

Posted by: Your Uncle Dale at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)

118 We're blowing our load!
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (q177U)

116 Wheee
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (tcsrY)

Fuck. I love this place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (zZu0s)

119 Wheee!

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (lHPJf)

120 Past MaxQ.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (IG3/x)

121 NASA can learn alot from SpaceX regarding broadcasts. I like to see the altitude, speed, Gs, etc. at the bottom of the screen.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (bNf8H)

122 Good booster separation

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (QVmho)

123 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)

124 Butterflies in my stomach. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)

125 i always think "performance nominal" means something's wrong

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (1wjle)

126 those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean
Posted by: Your Uncle Dale at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)
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Why are you after the Chinese?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)

127 How fast is it going??

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Oy/m2)

128 I'd like them to have a clue what to put the camera on. The audience watching the launch is NOT what I want to see.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (O7YUW)

129

They're going to try a live camera feed from the spacecraft. Note I said try. This won't be SpaceX quality.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (w6EFb)

130
those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean
Posted by: Your Uncle Dale
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Why are you after the Chinese?
Posted by: Axeman

No yellow!
-Hunter

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (QVmho)

131 Y'all tell me if they make it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (4NO2D)

132 So exciting!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (A5RD0)

133 You know, having a woman scream 'WHEEE' at just the right moment would be kind of awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

134 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Does that mean we get Teri Garr back?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+9wcF)

135 Someone at Fox News cannot make up their mind about the camera choices.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (lHPJf)

136 sweating out here

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (diia5)

137 I once worked as a painter on new houses. One day the GC (generall contractor) kept going to the window, opening it, and yelling "Green side up boys, green side up."

He did this every 10 or 15 minutes, and then would go back to the jobs he was working on - cabinet installation, the boiler, etc.

Finally I asked him what the hell he was doing -- he said " I got the first female / black / gay / canadian crew outside installing sod."

I imagine there is another channel not made public today with some Mission Commander saying "Remember guys, don't touch anything."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Fg7bI)

138 Pretty gripping stuff

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Q0yOR)

139 Rockets' red glare!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (ndZc7)

140 I hope they remembered to bring a ballpoint pen.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (vFG9F)

141 5,000 mph.......so this thing is a lot slower than the space shuttle speeds after launch?

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (IlL6s)

142 Go for throttle up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (4NO2D)

143 Anyone else hearing Apollo 13 music?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

144 This is so cool

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (REq0p)

145
How fast is it going??
Posted by: dantesed

2600mph was the last I heard. Probably faster by now, though.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (QVmho)

146 134 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Does that mean we get Teri Garr back?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+9wcF)

Have her shaved, washed and sent to my room.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)

147 I haven't been paying attention - will we fet to the Moon faster than back in the Apollo days?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (tcsrY)

148 I was singing the theme song for Enterprise, Faith of the Heart

No I am not teh ghey

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (REq0p)

149 Did he just say we're aiming at the moonrise? Poor moon...

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Q0yOR)

150 How fast is it going??
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Oy/m2)

orbital velocity is about 17000 miles per hour.

velocity to get to lunar orbit is more than that so will require additional burns.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

151 7000 miles per hour.....

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (REq0p)

152 All that terrible chemtrail! Hope you have your vinegar spray bottles ready.

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (KNEaK)

153 Another theory why its an orbit instead of a landing by comedian Dana Gould: the moon sucks

https://youtu.be/aN5NdE-aBVw

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (El6/E)

154 NASA can learn alot from SpaceX regarding broadcasts. I like to see the altitude, speed, Gs, etc. at the bottom of the screen.
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Are those boosters going to land somewhere?

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vSvIl)

155 We've all been in jets and fast cars. You get a real impression of SPEED. These folks are going 5,000 mph. Even without air resistance, that must feel wild.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vV6n9)

156 Ten thousand MPH!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (5xuJ/)

157 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

158 is this rocket carrying "astronauts" or actor-nauts? I hate fake moon launches, actually.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (1wjle)

159 One meellion miles per hour.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (aTgV0)

160 10,000mph

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (IlL6s)

161 I haven't been paying attention - will we fet to the Moon faster than back in the Apollo days?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (tcsrY)

we are popping past a bit farther so will be a tad faster, but the speeds needed are the same each time.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)

162 10,000 mph, apparently.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (vV6n9)

163 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)

164 I have a lot of typical distrust of nasa but damn, that rocket was beautiful!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (2WIwB)

165 That was very cool.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (qBdHI)

166 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

167 Go space man... go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (AkEZC)

168 >> Are those boosters going to land somewhere?

Yes, in the ocean, but they are completely expendable and won't be recovered unlike with the Shuttle. They will sink to the bottom.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (w6EFb)

169 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
======

Are we there, yet?

Posted by: Gen Z Mindset at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (rj6Yv)

170 More than 15,000 MPH at this point.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (5xuJ/)

171 media did a full blackout on this, because you know, trump

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (REq0p)

172 15,000 mph now!

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (vV6n9)

173 Hopefully there won't be a solar storm. They could end up on Gilligan's planet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

174 I wonder how Nasa's going to hide all the bases on the far side of the moon?

The aliens probably have it figured out.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)

175
MECO is good

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (QVmho)

176 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

What would it take to support and maintain something like that?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

177 Man's quest for the stars begins with the present moment, and that moment is now.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (1wjle)

178 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
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Space miles.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

179 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

but think of the E-bay income by chopping them up and selling them.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (8avO+)

180 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?
Posted by: Skip

A lap around and show us the dark side that Pink Floyd was always yammering about....seeing if it is up to the hype.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (oiNtH)

181 Program has already been canceled.
They are just burning up leftover fireworks and money.

On the bright side - they'll get some data out of it still.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (/lPRQ)

182 I could give a shit about going to space. As soon as I returned to earth if I had an opportunity to get a ride on that rocket all I could do is talk shit about how fast I just went.

15,000 mph oh hell yes!!!

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (IlL6s)

183 Main sustainer separation is good

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (QVmho)

184
Fox news coverage the worst I've ever seen and I go back to Alan Shepard's first flight.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Y8DZL)

185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

186 To the moon Alice

To the moon

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (nGraA)

187
Core stage separation. We got a brief little video burst from a camera on top of the stage looking at the second stage pulling away.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (w6EFb)

188 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)
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You talking about a Space Elevator? *fistbump*

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Fi81e)

189 180 A lap around and show us the dark side that Pink Floyd was always yammering about....seeing if it is up to the hype.

hope they remember to bring a bright spotlight

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (oY6Yp)

190 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref


What? You should always recycle! Even if it costs more! And pollutes more!

Posted by: the Green lobby at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (VHUov)

191 These camera operators keep missing critical moments where the audience would naturally want to be looking, like the separation from the actual moment of separation.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (O7YUW)

192 Apparently the name given to this Orion spacecraft is Integrity. Meh. No wonder NASA PAO didn't advertize it much if any pre-flight.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (5rh/l)

193
Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref


Same as with most recycling.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Cqx++)

194 A rocket is like an electric school bus that takes you to a school on the moon.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (1wjle)

195 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)
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Star Trek is soooo much better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (RIvkX)

196 >>>What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

20 dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (q177U)

197 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

We have some data on long-term low-gravity impact on humanity, but need a lot more before attempting a colony. Honestly I think a high orbit station for testing ideas, then going to mine the asteroid belt makes a lot more sense than a lunar base. Saying its so far away doesn't really matter, distance becomes kind of relative at a certain point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (El6/E)

198 I was watching on YuuuTube and had to turn off the chat when some nob was worried about all of the birds that were going to be killed by the launch and prayed that they all got out of the way quickly.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (oiNtH)

199 To the platinum credentialed Expert, such a decisive military success being presided over by consensus idiot Donald Trump is completely inconceivable; so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.
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Why do people refuse to get that IT IS NOT THIS.

They don't think Trump is stupid. He hornswaggled them three times and they know. They threw the world and a pandemic at him and convicted him and tried to kill him and he's still there. You think they don't know what he is yet???

The Left is wrong or lying about everything. It's all they do. It's all they ever do. It has fuck all to do with fucking TRUMP!!!

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)

200
Funs over. Time to feed the cat, get a beer, and chill.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (QVmho)

201 In orbit. Now the hard part, how are they going to get that thing to the moon? swim?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (D7v4F)

202
They made orbit. Now, they're going to do an "apogee raise" some time that will place the spacecraft in a very high elliptical orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (w6EFb)

203 > 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

I remember it well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)

204 Orion Integrity Kick

Posted by: banana Dream - The guys get shirts at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (3uBP9)

205 media did a full blackout on this, because you know, trump
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger


Trump has a scheduled speech tonight.
Although this launch was not on the agenda I am sure it is planned whether good or bad.

For the previous moon shots the then current El Presente had two speeches planned, one each for success or failure.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (/lPRQ)

206 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
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Space miles.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

Smiles

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)

207 Down to Earth.

Kristi Noem Asks Husband If There's Anything He Needs To Get Off His Chest

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (ndZc7)

208 176 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

what we *need* to do is go to titan and get the oil.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (oY6Yp)

209 I question the telemetary. It's staged. The jews are behind this, or Egypt.

Posted by: Candice Owens at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (bNf8H)

210 >>>What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

20 dollars, same as in town.
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (q177U)

Less than a 20-something blonde with big tits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)

211 I hope we can colonize the moon soon if it means getting the F away from all these human asshos here

get off my lunar lawn

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (REq0p)

212 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was. Watched the moon landing with a friend at the Ohio State student union. It was a packed house.

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

213 185 I remember it well. Propped up on the floor with fluffy pillows and watching black and white TV with family.

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Q0yOR)

214 Are they playing Space Trucking by Deep Purple yet?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Oy/m2)

215 Time to feed the cat beer.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (nDXEV)

216 Not sure if this mission helps Muslims feel better about themselves (as Obammy reportedly ordered), but hopefully they succeed in reaching the moon with no DEI catastrophes.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (vbXSk)

217 Are they there yet ??

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)

218 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

Geostationary orbit might have too much crap there now.

A middle orbit would require more fuel to hoist everything up each launch. The ideal would be to work to having the moon to earth orbit craft stay up there to avoid the huge cost of lifting them up each trip.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

219 >Hopefully there won't be a solar storm. They could end up on Gilligan's planet.
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no no no
if they are hit by a solar storm, they become The Fantastic Four

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (ZxPkt)

220 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM

I missed the launch. Too young to enjoy the landing.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

221 So this thing accelerated like a large Chevy Suburban with a small block. The space shuttle accelerated like a Corvette.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (IlL6s)

222 What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

A really big pedestal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (/lPRQ)

223 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was. Watched the moon landing with a friend at the Ohio State student union. It was a packed house.
Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

I was.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (8avO+)

224 Does anyone's knows if any of the astronuts are Gay or Transgindoor ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (dNEfJ)

225 I watched the Alan Shepherd launch in 1961. My Dad worked on Werner von Braun's team at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (rj6Yv)

226 53 years is too long to hear "All systems are go for launch" again! G-d, I never get tired of it. Some day hope to catch a launch, for which I'd endure Florida heat and humidity. Gives me shivers down my spine. May the Almighty hold the Artemis crew safe and see them through their mission, amen!

Posted by: tankascribe at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (NtoJk)

227 I love NASA-speak
"The Captain has confirmed visual confirmation of the destination.

Posted by: Ronsonic at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (tof4A)

228 Fox news coverage the worst I've ever seen and I go back to Alan Shepard's first flight.
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Are they showing anything other than the NASA youtube channel is?

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (vSvIl)

229 Sue Storm, Reed Richards, The Thing, and Flame Boy

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)

230 218 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

Geostationary orbit might have too much crap there now.

A middle orbit would require more fuel to hoist everything up each launch. The ideal would be to work to having the moon to earth orbit craft stay up there to avoid the huge cost of lifting them up each trip.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

I should have said this - the boosters will splash-down in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5rh/l)

231 Break out the moon camo tarp

Posted by: Dark side aliens at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (1LgBj)

232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (4NO2D)

233 175 MECO is good

geico > meco

Posted by: the cave man at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (oY6Yp)

234 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

I remember it well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)

I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)

235 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was - a mere tot but still remember it.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (oiNtH)

236 Question -
Musk keeps talking about a mass driver on the Moon.

What is the difference between a mass driver and air defense?

Does the Moon belong to the first person to install that capability?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Fg7bI)

237 >>> 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

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I was just discussing this with my older brother. He remembers, but I was only 17 months. I think I recall 17 on the tv.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (CyFyf)

238 I really noticed how much power they needed in getting this baby in orbit. That was one big candle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (n5tGW)

239 I am looking forward to the news tomorrow with all the experts questioning why they aren't there yet?

Sabotage?
Trump failed to plan?
Spatial cooling?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

240 That gigantic f'ing thing was hauling ass after 8 seconds.

This never gets old.

Posted by: 13times at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (JB8gf)

241 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

242 Rockets' red glare!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (ndZc7)

I'm dead ya know.

Posted by: Zombie Rockets Redglare at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (AknkO)

243 I question the telemetary. It's staged. The jews are behind this, or Egypt.
Posted by: Candice Owens


Fact Check - Jews and NAZIs are behind it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

244 232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

i was in yerp and we didn't have a tv. i remember dad taking us over to the neighbors so we could watch apollo 8 splash down, but don't remember anything about 11.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (oY6Yp)

245 We have some data on long-term low-gravity impact on humanity, but need a lot more before attempting a colony. Honestly I think a high orbit station for testing ideas, then going to mine the asteroid belt makes a lot more sense than a lunar base. Saying its so far away doesn't really matter, distance becomes kind of relative at a certain point.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (El6/E)

When Starship comes fully online, costs to orbit will drop to $100/kg. You can then do anything you want - mars, the moon, a space station, asteroids, whatever. Everything becomes possible. A single launch of starship carries half the weight of the entire ISS as cargo. It will be equal to 21 shuttle slights, at a fraction of the cost.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (D7v4F)

246 The Left is wrong or lying about everything. It's all they do. It's all they ever do. It has fuck all to do with fucking TRUMP!!!
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)

The consistent failure to see where his strategy is going shows that they do buy into their own lies to a good extent.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (8avO+)

247 you just know a lot of lefties were rooting for disaster.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (n5tGW)

248 NASA getting very female centric.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (q177U)

249 Fact Check - Jews and NAZIs are behind it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

Little Jewish rocket with a sawed off nose cone hustling along starboard with a little camera....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (VR4+k)

250 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (LdBR/)

251 That launch was pretty cool. Being a dinosaur, I was fortunate enough to witness and follow the entire Apollo era, from the initial disaster through Apollo 17. I still find travel to the moon fascinating and thrilling.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (ceJ0R)

252 Are they playing Space Trucking by Deep Purple yet?
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Oy/m2)

Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band?

Rocketman by Elton John?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (S/Y4j)

253 240 That gigantic f'ing thing was hauling ass after 8 seconds.

This never gets old.


one of the fun things about the opening to the old buck rogers tv show was watching the shuttle crawl into the sky like a saturn five; back before we knew the shuttle leaped.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (oY6Yp)

254 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

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I was 6 and my dad got me up from bed to stand in front of our old Zenith TV. He said it was important and I needed to see it. I didn't understand at the time, but was always grateful he did that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (qBdHI)

255 Commander Koenig had a problem with this, and he said so too.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (nDXEV)

256 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Space is really big?

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (lJ0H4)

257 157 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

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Yes, a lot like Aollo 10 did back in 1969 as a rehearsal for the actual moon landing in Apollo 11.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (20pGq)

258 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

space is big and many things left up there decay and fall onto earth.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

259 221 So this thing accelerated like a large Chevy Suburban with a small block. The space shuttle accelerated like a Corvette.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (IlL6s)


Space Shuttle launch max-gee was limited to 3.(I forget) gees. So the structures of the Orbiter and of the payloads it carried could be lighter (lower mass, in proper space-geek).

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (5rh/l)

260
Correction, they are not "in orbit" yet. I was looking at the trajectory profile. THe ICPS (second stage) won't fire for a while yet. Right now the "orbit" is highly elliptical with a perigee well inside the earth's atmosphere. If the ICPS fails to fire, they would take then back for near immediate reentry.

ICPS first firing will be a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (w6EFb)

261 234
I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)


I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

262 Well. I’m glad they chose today as the full moon makes for a larger target, right?

Posted by: dumb blonde at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (A5RD0)

263 The consistent failure to see where his strategy is going shows that they do buy into their own lies to a good extent.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (8avO+)

They do and don't. He gives them bad choices constantly because he knows them.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (vE0+H)

264 Watching Warsaw 44, of course it won't end well getting squashed between the Communists and the Nazis

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

265 I was too young for Apollo 11, but I remember the last couple.

God speed to these people. I pray they have a successful mission.

And, as others have said, Rickl would have loved this.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (0aYVJ)

266 Oh, well...willowed once again.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (ceJ0R)

267 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

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I was away from my first year of college, sitting in front of a black and white t v to watch Neil Armstrong's first step.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (20pGq)

268 232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

Ditto. Had a hard time making out anything. I'm really excited to eventually see modern video directly from the moon. Hope the recent CME won't impact the mission. Sun's been pretty active.

Posted by: tankascribe at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (NtoJk)

269 The most nerve-wracking, space-related viewing was the Armstrong LM landing on the moon. All you could see was a crater-filled landscape while Cronkite droning on about how landing in one of those crookedly would be a disaster.

The whole world breathed a sigh of relief when Armstrong reported "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (rj6Yv)

270 262 Well. I’m glad they chose today as the full moon makes for a larger target, right?
Posted by: dumb blonde at April 01, 2026 06:53

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Quite right. And it's much more difficult to establish an orbit around a half moon.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (20pGq)

271 Musk keeps talking about a mass driver on the Moon.

What is the difference between a mass driver and air defense?

Does the Moon belong to the first person to install that capability?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Fg7bI)

A mass driver is throwing rock. In theory an electromagnet cannon could shoot packages off the moon and they could be collected in orbit and again, reduce the cost of getting materials up into orbit for use in space.

"The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

272 The most nerve-wracking, space-related viewing was the Armstrong LM landing on the moon. All you could see was a crater-filled landscape while Cronkite droning on about how landing in one of those crookedly would be a disaster.

The whole world breathed a sigh of relief when Armstrong reported "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (rj6Yv)

Armstrong had to make a late adjustment to avoid hitting a rough patch that might have wrecked the lander.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

273 Maybe we can finally rescue Sam Rockwell and all of this clones.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 06:57 PM (0aYVJ)

274 I think I heard this is/was the most powerful rocket NASA has ever used ...

I'm just guessing, they do one (or more?) lap around earth before heading to the moon.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)

275 I'm taking the names of of all you (us) 29-year-lds. LOL

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (20pGq)

276 > 190 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref

Meanwhile, Musk just launched and recovered one of his rockets from its 34th flight.

Here we see the difference between a business and a tax suck.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (IG3/x)

277 258 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

space is big and many things left up there decay and fall onto earth.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)


Theoretically, Space Force (previously done by USAF) can track objects down to about the size of a softball. The Shuttle Orbiter and the ISS are able to do debris avoidance maneuvers if the probability of collision is (a number I forget) or larger and there is sufficient time. The Russians never worried about orbital debris. They used what is called the Big Sky Theory. Based on their take that space is big and debris is very, very, sparse. A cold-blooded approach, but Soviets.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (5rh/l)

278 So… are they catching the boosters with Elon's chopsticks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced the final front tier at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (KNEaK)

279 > "The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

In Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress the loonies used theirs to bombard Earth.

At an early stage one of the characters (no spoiler here) gives a figure for the explosive equivalent of hitting the Earth with a big rock launched by a mass driver.

"Well, that's a lot less than the nukes the earthworms will be using on us".

"Yes, but we have a LOT of rocks."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (IG3/x)

280
A mass driver is throwing rock. In theory an electromagnet cannon could shoot packages off the moon and they could be collected in orbit and again, reduce the cost of getting materials up into orbit for use in space.

"The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO

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"Mass driver" sounds like the weapon Heinlen created in "The Moon Is a Harsh Mustress"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (20pGq)

281 Already answered. That's okay - I knew they were going to be throw-away boosters. Musk was not involved. Heh.

Posted by: mindful webworker - when your eye hits the moon... at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (KNEaK)

282 278 So… are they catching the boosters with Elon's chopsticks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced the final front tier at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (KNEaK)

Nope, by now they are sleeping with the fishes at the bottom of the sea.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (5rh/l)

283 We were staying at beach cottage rental with my aunt and uncle and my cousins. Dad and I went out to buy a tv cause the cottage didn't have one. The whole group of us squished around a tiny black and white. Lifetime memory.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

284 Hmmmm ...
As human population on the Moon becomes "a thing", will passports with ID be required to travel on spaceships? ... Will future residents of the Moon even BE humans -- requiring thousands of governmental agencies to manage "stuff" (same as here on Planet Earth)? ... Or will there just be a bunch of remote-controlled robots? ... Sorry, my mind tends to stray when washing the dinner dishes.

Posted by: Kathy at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (zuKcR)

285 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I kept the "Louisville Courier Journal" paper for every day, from the launch for the first moon landing to the return. My first wife used them to wrap her china when she moved out.

Posted by: javems at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (zFsEm)

286 Wow that was odd. I just wrote an really long comment but after I clicked
submit my comment didn't show up. Grrrr... well I'm not
writing all that over again. Anyway, just
wanted to say superb blog!

Posted by: Krypto-Ratgeber at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (W3rgi)

287 "Mass driver" sounds like the weapon Heinlen created in "The Moon Is a Harsh Mustress"
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (20pGq)
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They were used in the television show Babylon 5 by the Centauri to bomb the Narns back into the stone age.

They were outlawed by every civilized race, but the arrogant Centauri didn't care and used them in defiance of interstellar law.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 07:40 PM (ESVrU)

288 Just have to say that when space x launched rocket man in a tesla they gave us full colored tv of the the earth for quite a long time. NASA gave us graphics that aren’t even as good as kerbal space program

I’ve changed my mind. It’s all fake and ghey

Posted by: The Dog at April 01, 2026 07:41 PM (XodLO)

289 My memory of the original landing was me asking my dad where Kirk and Spock were because in my child’s mind it was obvious the enterprise should be here.

Posted by: The Dog at April 01, 2026 07:42 PM (XodLO)

290 I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?
Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

We retired the 1000's about a week after the landing and I helped install the new VR-1100's. We had 15 RCA TR -3 playback machines as well as one TR-4 in the record room. No school. I was awarded my MOS, 26T20, after Basic in Fort Dix. I was drafted in Sept '67 and had previous experience in TV and electronics. Surprised me that the Army actually read my history! Especially being a draftee.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 07:53 PM (5xuJ/)

"Experts:" Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

This has been a running narrative in the Leftwing Joke Media for the entire month.

But the Theater Kids Media is really wedded to the idea that by killing the entire top two or three echelons of Islamic Occupation Army command, we've actually strengthened Iran.


In the below list, real media headlines have been hidden among the fake ones.

Give yourself five Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew points for each one you find.


.Analysts Warn That Loss of Mojtaba Khamenei's Leg Will Just Make Him 'More Resolved,' Open Up 'Sick Parking Opportunities' Outside of Pinkberry

After suffering two fatal wounds to his head and heart, General Custer is said to be preparing for a "rebuilding season"

AP: Israel Is Rapidly Killing Iran's Top Leaders. Experts Warn This Strategy Could Backfire.

The Loss of "Deadweight Cities" Hiroshima and Nagasaki Just Might Be the Boost Japan Needs

NBC: Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war

Foreign Policy: D-Day More Like Flea Day Amirite

Hitler's Masterstroke: Furher's Brilliant Suicide Maneuver Stuns Jewish Capitalist Conspiracy by "Flipping the Script" and Taking the Polarizing Leader Out of the Equation

CNN: How Israel killing leaders in Iran could complicate Trump's search for an endgame

How many of the real headlines did you spot, Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew?

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israelendgame.jpg

israelkillingleaders.jpg

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM




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1 Top 5!

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

2 Even read some of the content!

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)

3 H

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (LdBR/)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (LdBR/)

5 "D-Day could be seen by Nazis as an escalation"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (8avO+)

6 Why are You People raw dogging the air?!

Wear a mask! Two masks!!!

Posted by: EXPERTS! at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (ULPxl)

7 "Shame on Donald Trump for funding the ballroom addition to the White House. It could end up costing millions."

?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (DwqWV)

8 Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

Ace you cruel bastard I almost peed myself laughing at this.

Posted by: Never change, ace. Never change. at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (TbWk/)

9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

10 Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

11 I dunno ace, this is a tough quiz. They're all so... equal!

Posted by: RandomDave at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (aJQbY)

12 what i'm most proud of here is --

Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew

I made this up (I think)

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (1wjle)

13 With all these "experts" in town, Holiday Inn Express must be fully booked.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (ESVrU)

14 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

The emerging facts of the last decade or so also has shown that most all of the experts are big dummies.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

15 Oops. Didn't realize that was an actual movie scene! You film nerds.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (AkKZw)

16 Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

There are not too many zingers that will make me go 'Fuck' but that is one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (zZu0s)

17 They don't want blaming Trump ("Piss be upon him") to fall off too much.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

18
The media, and the left, (BIRM) are retards. I guess that makes this post a three-peat?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (QVmho)

19 Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

It wasn't the fun time pinball machine.

It was the rapey pinball machine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

20 "Jodie Foster on a pinball machine!" is my new go-to for skirting the Third Commandment.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (NYInA)

21 There has never, in recorded history, been a war wherein one side lost its entire chain of command—including its supreme political and religious leader—on the first day of fighting. In response to this, the entire foreign policy establishment has suffered a psychotic break.
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Some of that's Trump hate.

A lot of that is the notion that the 'special' people were off limits in war. A king might be captured and subject to some humiliation, but unless there was some bad blood involved, he'd be sworn to serve the victor rather than killed outright. There are exceptions (see most of the Old Testament, as God doesn't seem concerned with status).

What Trump and Israel have shown is that unspoken rule no longer applies. If anyone causes enough trouble to justify war, we'll start by killing the decision makers who caused the problem. And it would seem that targets like the ayatollahs are less command and control than those who give ideological support for the enemy's cause.

In the event of US Civil War 2.0 that is likely to include the entire 'expert' class. And they are just smart enough to have figured that out.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (vSvIl)

22 9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM
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That is because of domestic politics and the feeling by most of the ruling class that they are all one big Globo Homo family even the dysfunctional and evil regimes like Iran, North Korea, etc.

Remember Clinton S. of State Albright's awful jig and clapping at some hideous Nork meeting.

Loathsome critters.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

23 I saw a video where they showed what modern leftists would have been like with WW2, its so disturbing to watch.

And there are some on the right who pile on, because they were raised on War on Terror and think that is the ONY way anything can ever turn out. Its so ludicrous and almost painful to watch.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (El6/E)

24 I suspect very soon the left will be making Colin Powell's argument from the WoT that we "caused a mess" in destroying the Mullahs and so we have to send 100K American boys to make sure they get democracy or something.

Well, f*ck that.

Kill your enemies and keep killing them. When they are ready to surrender I don't care if they get a new Mullah, a General, or some collection of dipshits ruling parts of Iran as long as they are all still afraid to screw with the US

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (sKqQm)

25 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

We've got plenty of assholes in Congress for whom it could almost be their favorite accomplishment to tell Trump "we told you so".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

26 To the platinum credentialed Expert, such a decisive military success being presided over by consensus idiot Donald Trump is completely inconceivable; so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.

I mean, they could declare Netanyahu to be a military genius, I suppose.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

27 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine? Holy Crap but that's a cruel pop cultural reference. Could have been written by Joss himself

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (PYrt4)

28 Is this where I bring up the cruise ship again? Because holy cheese, we live in stupid times.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Wmg4n)

29 If you have ever been chased by a headless chicken, it can be quite traumatic, especially if you're a toddler. They want payback.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (m5cxz)

30 After watching his wife get split like a stick of stove-wood by a series of bulls with penises that would make the average horse jealous, David French emerges more secure in his marriage than ever.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

31 So, you're telling me there's a chance?

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (98kQX)

32 Last night I told my father, who is the left of Karl Marx, that if he's having trouble understanding how totally we are winning, I could give him an example.

Imagine it is mid-January 1942 and US has already killed Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Rommel, Manstein, and every field marshal. The Kriegsmarine has been sunk, and the Luftwaffe wiped out. Our aircraft dominate the skies so completely over Germany that they can't even fire flak against the B-17s.

Our casualties include some mid-air collisions and an incident were an inexperienced Allied pilot shot down three of our fighters, but the pilots were rescued and are now back in the fight.

This is world-historical dominance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

33 France has more resolve against Hitler than ever, after Paris falls in 1940.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (0U5gm)

34 That is because of domestic politics and the feeling by most of the ruling class that they are all one big Globo Homo family even the dysfunctional and evil regimes like Iran, North Korea, etc.

Remember Clinton S. of State Albright's awful jig and clapping at some hideous Nork meeting.

Loathsome critters.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)
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Yep. They don't look at their diplomatic counterparts as "enemies" or even "adversaries."

At most, they are "brothers/sisters from a different mother/father."

The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ESVrU)

35 i'd like to take credit but the Jodie Foster Pinball Machine joke is so old that I guess it's new again.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (1wjle)

36 LOL, Ace. I LOVE THIS!

I was 6yrs old when I found out the South lost the Civil War. So this is similar mentality.

We were on a trip to DC, in the back of my parents Cadillac. [This was almost Civil War times, Morons and 'ettes, or the early'60's] The AC had two plastic things on each end of the back window.

Bro and I had our Rebel and Yankee plastic warriors and I was, of course, a Rebel. I'd say, "Start the war!" and we'd fight and I'd win.

My father spoke up while driving and informed me the South lost. Really? I was crushed and my brother was thrilled. It took a while to accept this crushing defeat but I eventually did.

It did not help that in Gatlinburg, TN we were drafted into the Confederate Army and rode a train. My brother got a grey uniform and wore it everywhere when we got home.

I was too young to be bothered by him, as his main problem was being carsick on every trip, which was gross.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (WONhk)

37 NBC: Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war

This is a real headline because it's NBC.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Oy/m2)

38 In the media's defense, it IS, LIKE DAY 32!!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)

39 Foreign Policy: D-Day More Like Flea Day Amirite

Hitler's Masterstroke: Furher's Brilliant Suicide Maneuver Stuns Jewish Capitalist Conspiracy by "Flipping the Script" and Taking the Polarizing Leader Out of the Equation



===

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

40 Halp!!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

41 In the media's defense, it IS, LIKE DAY 32!!!!
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)

Another grim milestone....the sun rising.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (8avO+)

42 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

We've got plenty of assholes in Congress for whom it could almost be their favorite accomplishment to tell Trump "we told you so".
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)
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It's meaningless. We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years. How is this different?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

43 14 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

The emerging facts of the last decade or so also has shown that most all of the experts are big dummies.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)
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The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)

44 >> Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

It wasn't the fun time pinball machine.

It was the rapey pinball machine.


I am almost ashamed that I don't know which Pinball Machine she was raped on in that Movie.

Which is odd, because there should have been a callout or two during that rape scene.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (0CqYd)

45 Doesn't saying, as your fucking headline says, that "Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous than ever" mean that they were a danger to begin with?


The fucking media, man....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (dmDsy)

46 “I knew I was a Chad when I hit on a dozen girls at the club and they all told me ‘get lost, creep.’”

— Basement Dwelling Incel

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (jB7fc)

47 I mean, they could declare Netanyahu to be a military genius, I suppose.
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Yah, but Jew.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (vSvIl)

48 Best Ace headline ever

Posted by: John Hinckley Jr. at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (CNl8/)

49 i'd like to take credit but the Jodie Foster Pinball Machine joke is so old that I guess it's new again.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM
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Must've missed it first time around, but I still laughed.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (bQ4nt)

50 How many of the real headlines did you spot, Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew?
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All of them are real.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

51
T - 45 minutes till launch. They've got the FTS problem fixed, but now a problem with a battery on the launch abort system has popped up. The temperature of one of those batteries is out of allowed range. This will be a show-stopped if not fixed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (w6EFb)

52 I would be more inclined to believe these were actual headlines if they had Masturbatin' Pete in the byline. As it is, you almost got me with a good April Fool's joke, Ace! But no one is dumb enough to believe these!

Posted by: Wally at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (zG4BR)

53 Is the meaning of "expert" now equivalent to "lying idiot"?

Asking for CNN.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (AlhUl)

54 So now that the House has given in and agreed to the Senate's bill with ICE/CBP removed is that a win or a loss for our side? And whatever Ace write's about it I hereby disagree and request to have this rebuttal prominently placed within Ace's own post as is the new blog tradition.


Respectfully Yours,

Posted by: banana Dream CBP - Charlie Brown's Prostate? at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (3uBP9)

55 No one cares if we're "winning" acey girl.
Neocons started another middle east war and lost the America First coalition.

This resulted in a large portion of MAGA, MAHA, youth, and moderate voters largely peeled off and almost ensuring a complete loss in the midterms, 2028, and a return to Leftist rule.

This hangs on you and your pretty little war mongering heads.

Posted by: Clark at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (M8DlM)

56 I do have one concern in the back of my mind.
Bombing cannot win a war. But it does shape the battlespace for success for the ground forces. Whether those ground forces are military troops, or locals set to finally overthrow the last of the regime remains to be seen. At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)

57 The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well said.
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Retief, a fictional diplomat appearing in books by Keith Laumer's is about the only diplomat worthy of praise in recent memory. Rubio though is climbing up the charts.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)

58 Ron White was right, 'If you have a thought, just let it go.'. The MSM really should just stop.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Q/FnY)

59 no Iran post is complete without a pic of the Cardboard Cocksucker

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (/4uPc)

60 Dear grok....

No specific named pinball machine is identified in the 1988 film The Accused, where Jodie Foster plays Sarah Tobias, who is gang-raped on a generic pinball machine in a bar's game room.

The scene uses a standard pinball machine (with artwork on the headboard/backglass showing a scantily clad woman in a basketball hoop theme), but it has no branded title or model name mentioned in the movie, credits, or production details. The prop was chosen to replace an original script idea of a pool table for legal reasons.

The film is a dramatization inspired by a real 1983 case but altered for the story

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Sco7b)

61 Is the meaning of "expert" now equivalent to "lying idiot"?

It means "dude who said something I like in a DM" to journalists.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (El6/E)

62 The media is holding up Iran like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (6ydKt)

63 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

Epic Fury, day 59: Trump: We've completed Operation Epic Fury and our military is standing down.

Two days later...

Trump: We begun Operation Awesome Annoyance and shall be bombing Iran.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

64 Iran is proving to be resilient. The Islamic regime will survive to spite Trump. It will eventually rebuild, and become a greater threat than ever out of vengeance.

Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (hOdBU)

65 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)
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All the retired flag officers are going nuts because they realized they now look like dogshit, which they always were. All their motivational speaking gigs, prestigious board seats - gone. Losers who got our boys killed and lost 2 wars.

Oh, and were insubordinate and completely crooked. Mattis is among the worst.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (ZOv7s)

66
TDS is all consuming, and completely fatal. There is no cure. It begins in the brain stem and works its way through all faculties. It encompasses everything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (IifOV)

67 In other news:

"Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia) is suing the California Department of Transportation for making her pay for two seats on the bus."

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)

68 Aha, the USAID/Trust the Science, Yay Brussels! fools think there might be an opening.

Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 05:48 PM (NFX2v)

69 Guess to an extent it depends on how you define winning. In two years, more or less, Trump will be out of power. If the same bunch, more or less, is still running Iran, who exactly wins? I know you're not supposed to ask such questions in some circles, but the questions remain.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (QaH55)

70 At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."

My take is that if this is some currently midlevel guy in the leadership who has spoken to us and said "you win, no more terrorism" and has the means to make us believe him that's fine

While the Shah coming in and recreating Iran before the Mullahs would be good, it isn't necessary

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (sKqQm)

71 Neocons started another middle east war and lost the America First coalition.
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Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)

72 I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

Is this the moment she turned lesbo?

At least she doesn't act as gross as Ellen DeGenerate and others. She's a good actress and I try to ignore the lesbo stuff when she's kissing a man. Of course, kissing Gere might turn me lesbo thinking about the gerbil. If he farhted I'd probably faint.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (WONhk)

73 All the retired flag officers are going nuts because they realized they now look like dogshit, which they always were.

Yeah they are beating down the doors of reporters trying to get interviews and get their word in to say how bad everything is and how they would do it better. If this works out as Trump intends every single one of those SOBs who ran the War on Terror will look like Monty in WW2

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (El6/E)

74 >>I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

Is this the moment she turned lesbo?


'The Accused' was the Movie.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (0CqYd)

75 Our casualties include some mid-air collisions and an incident were an inexperienced Allied pilot shot down three of our fighters, but the pilots were rescued and are now back in the fight.

This is world-historical dominance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

The only anecdote that comes close that I remember is during the Civil Wars when an army from Pontus declared against Caesar and he detached a few legions, marched to Zela in Asia Minor with a forced march and caught the unprepared army and routed it. He reported home to Rome the famous "Veni, Vidi, Vici" - I came, I saw, I conquered.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (8avO+)

76 willowed:
IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)

A YouTuber went into this problem of time dilation and other issues with Project Hail Mary here:

https://youtu.be/8FT-oz9aZU4
'Time Dilation Visualized' by The Overview Effekt

Apparently it would take 32 years and three months to travel to the edge of the observable universe (46.5 billion light years) at steady acceleration near light speed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

77 Strike hard!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (2WIwB)

78 Kill all they send, until they send no more.

But we're up against real fanatics with these moslem assholes. They seem perfectly happy to keep marching right into the buzzsaw. I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ZxPkt)

79 The leftwing media’s narrative about a ‘stronger’ Iran is built entirely on the idea that Iran has the power to close the Strait and only allow its allies or those paying a hefty ‘toll’ to cross.

These are people who never heard of the Strait until a few weeks ago, and still can’t locate it on a map. I’ll bet money that some truly retarded idiots are confusing the Strait with the Panama Canal.

Regardless, it’s all built on a lie. Iran doesn’t have the power to close a toilet seat, the Strait was never ‘closed’ in any real sense, and judging from maritime traffic reports the Strait is not almost totally back to normal.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (jB7fc)

80 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)


81 years. They haven't gotten anything right since Japan surrendered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

81 Dude! The war's over, Iran is defeated, the US has absolutely dominated them. Get over it already, sheesh...

Posted by: Teruo Nakamura at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (3uBP9)

82 No bastard ever won a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. He won it by listening to poor dumb bastard Abby Phillips and CNN!
- General Patton

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

83 "Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war."

If you read that in the voice of a 5-year-old who just struck out for the 10th straight time -- in tee-ball -- you can sense the hot tears of NBC and smell the appetizing, well-seasoned soupiness of them.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (NYInA)

84 Before America, we did not know that a sophisticated constitutional republic could be eventually be ruined by the net effect of opportunistic politics.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

85 I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

ITs a reenactment of a court case in which a trashy woman went to a bar, got drunk as hell then acted like she wanted every man there to chain her like an Only Fans girl then got upset when they took her up on the offer.

This is not to defend the men: she said "no" and that's when you lay off and leave her alone. They raped her and no matter how she was behaving, you don't do that. But she acted like the rake she stomped on was unthinkable when it hit her face.

Pro Tip: don't act like that, girls. Bad men will take you seriously.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (El6/E)

86 But we're up against real fanatics with these moslem assholes. They seem perfectly happy to keep marching right into the buzzsaw. I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ZxPkt)
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Trump anticipated that. They have a limited time offer before them. If they don't act, he's going to turn out the lights. Bomb all the power plants. At that point, welcome back to Ancient Persia, losers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

87 Bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (nDXEV)

88 I do have one concern in the back of my mind.
Bombing cannot win a war. But it does shape the battlespace for success for the ground forces. Whether those ground forces are military troops, or locals set to finally overthrow the last of the regime remains to be seen. At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)

It took about a year of protests and ...other stuff for Carter, France and the rest of the idiots to remove the Shah. Israel estimated 2-3 years for "regime change". I think this was after the original 12 day War. I've seen the reports from people inside Iran, Basiji/IRGC checkpoints abandoned and manned by rag tag motly crews of overweight arabs and youths from who know where. Not regulars. So, the bombing and decapitations is just the beginning. May not take a year.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

89 Jodie Foster? Sure, that's one way to go

Posted by: Ned Beatty yearnfully holding a banjo at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (w/O5Q)

90 He called ace a girl!

You forgot to mention 'gay' dude.

You did not even pick particularly girlish ace. You should have jumped on when he was talking about not understanding power tools or giggling on the back of a Vespa garret was driving.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

91 rule of thumb:

whenever someone uses the term

'EXPERTS SAY"
they confirm that they themselves have NO EXPERTISE!

Posted by: avi at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (ieodf)

92 Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was a devastating blow to England's prestige.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (Oy/m2)

93
The IRGC knows that the media along with the democrats will be able to eventually break the will of the USA appetite for war. Short term gas price hikes, and 401K ups and downs, along with an uphill election year will eventually force an end to it. After the midterms it will be Impeachmentpalooza and endless House investigations and the rest of the Trump administration will be a composite of V: The Final Battle and Scanners.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (IifOV)

94 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)

95 Before America, we did not know that a sophisticated constitutional republic could be eventually be ruined by the net effect of opportunistic politics.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

De Tocqueville in his "Democracy in America" knew that in 1835.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (8avO+)

96 Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.

His twitter timeline is glorious.

He was trashing Trump for being a pus and not attaching Iran until he did...

Then he was calling Trump a madman for attacking Iran

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (sKqQm)

97 Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.
Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)
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Only because Orangeman is bad.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

98

Y'know honestly, it really doesn't matter what happens in Iran in the longer term. The goal and target of this operation is China, and they are bleeding out from an arterial every day that this goes on. But these so called foreign policy experts can't even begin to get their head around that sort of strategic thinking. The price of gold has plummeted because all of the governments that were stockpiling it are now paying exorbitant amounts of money for basic energy. China's manufacturing base is crippled for the foreseeable future until the war resolves

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (g6TN6)

99 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)
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It's still going on. Look at Ellen Page.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

100 His twitter timeline is glorious.

yeah the guy's entire worldview is "oppose Trump". That's it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)

101 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)

They can't seem to grasp that the world changed and kept on changing, and refuse to adapt to the facts as they are now. I see this sort of ossification among Boomers quite a bit which contributes to intergenerational friction.

Posted by: Soviet Union is gone, get over it at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

102 54 So now that the House has given in and agreed to the Senate's bill with ICE/CBP removed is that a win or a loss for our side? And whatever Ace write's about it I hereby disagree and request to have this rebuttal prominently placed within Ace's own post as is the new blog tradition.


Respectfully Yours,
Posted by: banana Dream CBP

Reconciliation means only a majority vote needed in the Senate but precludes due to the Byrd rule, adding on other non budgetary items like most of the SAVE act.

House is shaky on the majority but the special election for Marjorie Traitor Greene's seat is April 7th and the GOP is favored to win that one last time I checked. Dems are likely to gain a seat in NJ that was Jackie Sherrill's (D) seat. Then the other two vacancies don't matter much as LaMalfa (R) seat won't be filled until August.

217 Republicans, 1 Independent that caucuses with the GOP, and 214 Democrats. 3 vacancies with one Dem and one GOP seat likely to added by mid April. And one possible expulsion of a Dem for Ethics depending on the Dems as it takes 2/3rds to expel.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

103 >>We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years.

Two, actually.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (Y1sOo)

104 Hello? Mr. Hallet, I know this is you because everyone else is at the football game this afternoon. I think I should warn you that the police are watching our house right this very minute, Mr. Hallet.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (nDXEV)

105 His twitter timeline is glorious.

yeah the guy's entire worldview is "oppose Trump". That's it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)
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Do what opposes Trump shall be the whole of the Law.

Posted by: Updated Political Aleister Crowly at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

106 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot

Yeah I think she spent her first 20 years being casually molested and raped by Hollywood like a lot of those starlets. You can practically list their names off the top of your head like Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, etc. The girls who are a mess, the ones who were on drugs young, the ones who turned lesbian.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

107 Regardless, it’s all built on a lie. Iran doesn’t have the power to close a toilet seat, the Strait was never ‘closed’ in any real sense, and judging from maritime traffic reports the Strait is not almost totally back to normal.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (jB7fc)

The Brits refusing insurance for ships in the straits did far more to block trade than anything Iran has done.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (8avO+)

108
IRan. IRan so far away.

Posted by: Flock of Seagulls at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (IifOV)

109 94 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream
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She was a child actress at Disney and for films like Taxi Driver. Semi closeted lesbian probably due to sexual abuse as a kid.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

110 We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years.

"Except helicopters, I mean how can that go wrong?"
--Norman Schwartzkopf

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

111 87 Bonk bonk on tha head
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (nDXEV

With 3000 cc saline boobs?

Sorry, that was so 25 hours ago.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

112 The IRGC knows that the media along with the democrats will be able to eventually break the will of the USA appetite for war. Short term gas price hikes, and 401K ups and downs, along with an uphill election year will eventually force an end to it. After the midterms it will be Impeachmentpalooza and endless House investigations and the rest of the Trump administration will be a composite of V: The Final Battle and Scanners.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (IifOV)
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It's April. How many of them will even be alive by May?

The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

113
Financial Times: October 1942

Japan could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (IifOV)

114 I am almost ashamed that I don't know which Pinball Machine she was raped on in that Movie.

Which is odd, because there should have been a callout or two during that rape scene.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (0CqYd)


Having never seen the movie, I looked it up. According to Brave AI, "the machine had a headboard depicting a scantily clad woman half-plopped in a basketball hoop," which "does not correspond to a known, commercially released pinball machine." Further, "It is widely believed that the machine used in the film was a custom-built prop created specifically for the production. This was likely done to achieve the specific visual required for the scene and to avoid any potential legal issues associated with using a real machine, especially given the film's sensitive subject matter and its basis on a real-life incident (which originally involved a pool table)."

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Sy6m/)

115 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

more like they could order other idiots to kill Americans using American Tax Dollars.

Most of that is shut down for good now.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (8avO+)

116 >ITs a reenactment of a court case in which a trashy woman went to a bar, got drunk as hell then acted like she wanted every man there to chain her like an Only Fans girl then got upset when they took her up on the offer.
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so, she was asking for it?

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (ZxPkt)

117 The Brits refusing insurance for ships in the straits did far more to block trade than anything Iran has done.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, Starmer has tried to undermine us at every turn.

We're the ones closing the Gulf, though. It's deliberate. We're pretending it's Iran, but it's us. This is about letting China who controls the oil spigot. If they want to invade Taiwan, they better fit their warships with sales and build solar-powered jets, because they ain't getting oil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

118 Iran nukes Paris and London.

"Experts praise Iran for helping Europe reach their Kyoto target emmissions!"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

119 I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.
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That's my one concern, too. You probably can't get the fanatics to surrender. By the end of the day, someone has to kill all of them. And while there are rumors that Israel's been working on the 'security forces' it seems to me like we've been mostly bombing launchers and supplies. I have no idea if it's true, but I saw somewhere recently that Iran has ~4 or 5k KIA, which doesn't seem like much given the size of the country (the breakdown on IRGC specifically was something like 20%, which doesn't seem like enough if we're serious about giving the currently unarmed Iranians the opportunity to overthrow them).

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (vSvIl)

120 sails!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

121 Daniel Friedman replies to idiots at the FT:

"The US and Israel have complete air superiority over Iran and have been bombing it nonstop for six weeks. Over 10,000 targets have been struck. Iran’s Air Force is gone. Its navy is gone. Most of its top military and intelligence leadership is dead. At least half and possibly as much as 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles are exhausted or destroyed. "
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I wonder what the "Experts" have to say about the Russian and PRC air defense systems that were sold to Iran?

Perhaps the "Experts" should also interview the surviving members of Maduro's security team on matters concerning the US Department War's force-projection capability.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)

122 so, she was asking for it?
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (ZxPkt)

Fuck I was about to do the bit from Airplane 2 with the dad: 'They're all asking for it all the time!'

This place is a bad influence on me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

123 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Yeah, that reads right. Guys who were not big on the faith but loved the benefits of being in charge of it. Second generation rich brats.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

124
Battery problem is resolved -- it was an instrument issue -- bad reading. Closeout crew has left the pad. 26 minutes to go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

125 We're the ones closing the Gulf, though. It's deliberate. We're pretending it's Iran, but it's us. This is about letting China who controls the oil spigot. If they want to invade Taiwan, they better fit their warships with sales and build solar-powered jets, because they ain't getting oil.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

The smart thing for China to do is to send some light ships to run tankers through the strait. They probably have more than the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (8avO+)

126 so, she was asking for it?

Initially yes and probably she was hoping she'd loop one of the guys she liked. But she did NOT want the whole bar to rape her on the pinball machine and clearly told them no and screamed for them to stop, so in that sense, no she was not.

I mean I did say that very clearly in the post you quoted, but maybe you didn't read that far down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

127 9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Trump is going to speak to everyone in the world,
who has brain enough to listen, tonight.
Anticipating much subtext below the bombast and congratulations to our men and women in service.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (9L6d7)

128 Winning is not having Trump involved in the matter, for them.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (pDt9x)

129 I wonder what the "Experts" have to say about the Russian and PRC air defense systems that were sold to Iran?

Perhaps the "Experts" should also interview the surviving members of Maduro's security team on matters concerning the US Department War's force-projection capability.
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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Xi Jinping is now purging all the defense firms that made the gear of their top scientists. The guy who did primary work on the J-20 has expired.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

130 Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM

I seem to remember a lot of Iraqis running around with purple thumbs ensuring we had changed things in Iraq and it was glorious. I am cautiously optimistic that the Iranians will step up and finish of their theocratic boots on their necks. Cautiously optimistic.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)

131 Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (nDXEV)

132 Genghis Khan's continued rape campaign across Asia casts doubt on his genetic legacy

Posted by: Another headline at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (TbWk/)

133 101 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic

They can't seem to grasp that the world changed and kept on changing, and refuse to adapt to the facts as they are now. I see this sort of ossification among Boomers quite a bit which contributes to intergenerational friction.
Posted by: Soviet Union
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History never stands still. Nations that were once great decline, nations that were never great rise, and you have religion, culture, wealth, resources, and linguistic cleavages that make a one world government a fantasy only fools would consider possible.

As mentioned above, NATO existed to repel Soviet invasion of Western Europe, the Warsaw Pact was Soviet response to build in defensive space and to enable resource stripping of its bloc. Neither are relevant today except NATO is still around.

After NATO, the US went on a spree with all sorts of new treaties like SEATO (SE Asia Treaty Organization), ANZUS (at least until New Zealand decided our nuclear ships were declasse), CENTO aka Baghdad Pact centered on the Middle East anchored by Turkey. That world is dead.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (E4rtv)

134 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Yeah, that reads right. Guys who were not big on the faith but loved the benefits of being in charge of it. Second generation rich brats.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)

135 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.

Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

136 >>> The guy who did primary work on the J-20 has expired.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)


He's pining for the fjords.

Posted by: banana Dream - Look at the plumage! at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (3uBP9)

137

Lloyd, China has a significant stockpile of petroleum, and no moron politicians who drain it for short term political game like the Crypt Keeper Biden. If they actually went to War for Taiwan, one would assume that they would be expecting to be fucked for the next 6 months to a year economically and would have prepared accordingly, but absent that war footing, they're going to have a hell of a time keeping their population in line throughout the running of energy austerity measures

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (g6TN6)

138 The media now has lost more credibility during this Iran war than the medical establishment lost during Covid.

And that’s saying a lot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (A5RD0)

139 I watch the war pron nightly on youtube, pounding them so bad we are basically running out of military targets, and have moved on to industrial targets.

Without resupply Iran will run out of missiles and drones eventually that they have stashed all over the country

The price of one egg in Tehran is $100, if you can find one, which basically means nobody is selling.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

140 Marxists don't want us to win over their alliance with Muslims

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)

141 NYT, 1945


Experts say that Emperor Hirohito's surrender on September 2nd, 1945 will create more Kamikaze pilots!!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (GD0B3)

142 I seem to remember a lot of Iraqis running around with purple thumbs ensuring we had changed things in Iraq and it was glorious. I am cautiously optimistic that the Iranians will step up and finish of their theocratic boots on their necks. Cautiously optimistic.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)
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Iran is not Iraq. Iraq was a colonial construct with zero common history. It's a mish-mash of Kurds and two bunches of Arabs who hate each other.

Iran is a cohesive nation with a sophisticated and ancient civilization that was hijacked by bearded whackos with the help of Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

143 getting ready to fight the previous war

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (tcsrY)

144 IRGC: "Let me talk to your leader"
IRGC: " Then let me talk to his deputy."
IRGC: "What, him too?"
IRGC: " Is everybody dead?"
IRGC: " No, I won't talk to a female secretary."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (6voJQ)

145 >I mean I did say that very clearly in the post you quoted, but maybe you didn't read that far down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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No, I read the whole post

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

146 She was a child actress at Disney and for films like Taxi Driver. Semi closeted lesbian probably due to sexual abuse as a kid.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

Incredibly sad for all child actors.

I guess I paid attention when Mel Gibson and others alluded to child trafficking,etc. The rape of Natalie Wood. The parents? Turned a blind eye vs murdering them like I would have. For money.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (WONhk)

147 The IRGC is currently in charge.

If they are not replaced by Pahlavi or some currently non-existent civilian alternative, do you think the IRGC will give up its support of terrorism in the region and against the US?

Do you think China will not help rebuild Iran, in exchange for tons of absurdly cheap oil?

Do you think Eurocrats will not help in exchange for less cheap oil?

Do you think Democrats will not help in exchange for votes, election interference, and virtue signaling points?

In such a scenario, how has the war, which began in 1979, been "won"?

There will merely be a delay of 10, maybe 20, years during which the IRGC rebuilds and rearms, and then it starts all over again.

The Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run. They did not win the war.

Posted by: Sam at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (7jMef)

148 Iran is a cohesive nation with a sophisticated and ancient civilization that was hijacked by bearded whackos with the help of Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)


And the various ethnic opposition groups released a joint statement that they wanted to be part of a unified Iran, just not under the mullahs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)

149 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.
Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)

150 Marxists don't want us to win over their alliance with Muslims
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)
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Marxists only want those systems where people can own stuff to decline.

Posted by: Updated Political Aleister Crowly at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (Fi81e)

151 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat

True enough but the US had the GWOT on Terror which in some ways damaged our national defense outlook and strategies just as much as Vietnam did.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (E4rtv)

152 Lloyd, China has a significant stockpile of petroleum, and no moron politicians who drain it for short term political game like the Crypt Keeper Biden. If they actually went to War for Taiwan, one would assume that they would be expecting to be fucked for the next 6 months to a year economically and would have prepared accordingly, but absent that war footing, they're going to have a hell of a time keeping their population in line throughout the running of energy austerity measures
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (g6TN6)
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Do they? Are you sure? The CCP has completely given up on socialism or any form of ideology and is now just a theft ring that pays each other off. There are stories that their strategic missiles have water in their fuel tanks. Everything is a rip-off. Bridges collapse on a weekly basis.

Why would anyone assume that the people in charge of their reserve is NOT selling that oil right now and getting ready to hide behind their anchor baby in the US with the proceeds?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

153 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (GD0B3)

154

Somewhere in Geneva, a lot of Swiss Bank accounts have become orphans

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (g6TN6)

155 They are checking out a glitch on Artemis escape rocket system

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZxPkt)

156 I'm guessing israelis have intelligence on personal residences, safe houses, and other good targets. They're not quite at the point of just making the rubble bounce

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:09 PM (6voJQ)

157 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.

This, too, is the story of Bill Kristol

True enough but the US had the GWOT on Terror which in some ways damaged our national defense outlook and strategies just as much as Vietnam did.

Which is sad because Schwartzkopf's book makes it clear that his entire view of the military and war was shaped around the mistakes of Vietnam.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:09 PM (El6/E)

158 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat
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What Eisenhower actually warned us of in his farewell speech is the Expert class taking over a republic of laymen.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

159 { In Ciampino's Memory }

NASA - Artemis II Launch
Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: April 1, 2026
Launch Time: 18:24 (6:24 PM) EDT / 15:24 (3:24 PM) PDT

https://youtu.be/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (O7YUW)

160 >> They are checking out a glitch on Artemis escape rocket system

Of one of two of the batteries for that system was showing out of range temperature, highly out of range. They are confident it's a sensor problem. They aren't 100% sure, but they think that's what it is. Temperature is just too crazy to be real. So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (w6EFb)

161 It looks like Artemis 2 may be good to go. I have a brother who is a huge moon landing denier. I think we probably went to the moon, but sadly I no longer laugh at his ideas.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (q177U)

162 The IRGC is currently in charge.

-- doubtful. Most are dead, everyone else has their head down.

If they are not replaced by Pahlavi or some currently non-existent civilian alternative, do you think the IRGC will give up its support of terrorism in the region and against the US?

If we quit sending them billions to support terror, they will have trouble getting money.

Do you think China will not help rebuild Iran, in exchange for tons of absurdly cheap oil?

They only have cheap oil for sale because of our sanctions. And they won't have a free hand, any more than the current Venezuelan government does.

Do you think Eurocrats will not help in exchange for less cheap oil?

They have no money or means to rebuild anything either.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (8avO+)

163 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage
Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (GD0B3)
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I'm going to say a troll. Never seen him before, immediately black pills, and does so in a particularly retarded way.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

164 "Experts" and their "expertise" are locked into their assinged political narrative. If anything is apparent, it should be that every narrative has a sell-by date, because "events", dear boy.

Time for a "new" narrative? Then it's time for "new" "Experts".

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (rj6Yv)

165
Terminal count is coming up. That's when the automated system takes over. They can stop it afterwards, but it's harder to restart.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (w6EFb)

166 Question for the black-pillers: how does the EU get Iran's oil?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

167 Say what you will about Justice Jackson, her wallet stealing analogy makes a lot of sense. I mean, look at the Somalis in Minnesota.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ndZc7)

168 I'm going to say a troll. Never seen him before, immediately black pills, and does so in a particularly retarded way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

good enough for me!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (GD0B3)

169 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)

170

I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)

171 It looks like Artemis 2 may be good to go. I have a brother who is a huge moon landing denier. I think we probably went to the moon, but sadly I no longer laugh at his ideas.
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (q177U)

The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites. You can today aim a laser at the moon from an observatory, see a 'huge' return signal when aimed at a landing site and see nothing when moved off any distance.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (8avO+)

172 >So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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whew! it's good that the guys on the ground are fine with it

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZxPkt)

173 Of one of two of the batteries for that system was showing out of range temperature, highly out of range. They are confident it's a sensor problem. They aren't 100% sure, but they think that's what it is. Temperature is just too crazy to be real. So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (w6EFb)


IIRC, when the problems started at Three Mile Island they were dismissed because the readings were just too crazy to be real.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)

174 153 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage
Posted by: runner
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Very possible. Likely a groyper and/or mASSIE fan.

And ignoring the elephant in the room which is enough enriched uranium to make 10-11 nuclear weapons--first one in about a week if the enough centrifuges still exist somewhere. Those plus missiles and like horseshoes, you only have to get close with a nuke for a nightmare scenario.

Whether the mullahs regime dies is up to the Iranian people but we simply cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons. Their attack everyone around them including allies like Oman and Qatar indicates a basic derangement in their war strategy made into nightmare fuel with nukes.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)

175 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)
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It's basically begging every single question, with crap Civil War analogy thrown in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)

176 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)
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I've rarely and perhaps never seen a troll raise that many cogent points.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (Fi81e)

177 Just for the record, the Brits, between the wars, pretty much controlled Iraq with just the RAF.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (AlhUl)

178 I think people can disagree or say things we find mistaken without being a troll. Trolling is a post deliberately meant to cause trouble and get angry responses, not just disagreement.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (El6/E)

179 I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)

Xi seems to be getting mired down in internal purges and the like these days. This makes huge military risks very very uncertain, especially given the demonstrated ability of the navy to break things.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (8avO+)

180 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites.

The "soft" (or, fallback) form of lunar-landing denial is that the landings were real, but robotic. The human footage was done on a stage by Kubrick.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)

181 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites. You can today aim a laser at the moon from an observatory, see a 'huge' return signal when aimed at a landing site and see nothing when moved off any distance.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (8avO+)


CGI man.

* I am not a moon landing denier.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (ExV1e)

182 I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)
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Any PLA troops that reach Taiwan will be either corpses or trying to surrender.

There is no way China can pull off a landing over rougher seas and multiple times farther than the English Channel in the face of Taiwan and Japan. The Japs have just moved long-range anti-ship missiles and SAMs to cover Taiwan.

Their sub fleet will chew the Chicoms up as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

183 149 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.
Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)


There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii. Never heard of them? Today they are called the Swiss. In 58 BC, Caesar stopped them from 'migrating' from what is now Switzerland to their objective of what is now SE France.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

184 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites.

The "soft" (or, fallback) form of lunar-landing denial is that the landings were real, but robotic. The human footage was done on a stage by Kubrick.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)

Lol. Making the robotics would be harder than the missions. Don't they know how "computers" worked back then?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:17 PM (8avO+)

185 so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.

My mom grew up in a family with all girls, so it fell on her and her sisters to do the chicken beheading. She still tells tales of her and my aunts being freaked out by headless chickens running around. Different times, man.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 06:17 PM (gtcuf)

186 MOON NOOD!!!!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (q177U)

187 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii. Never heard of them? Today they are called the Swiss. In 58 BC, Caesar stopped them from 'migrating' from what is now Switzerland to their objective of what is now SE France.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

The ones that weren't scattered and smashed went back, about a third of the total according to JC. And he had to be a bit careful as every family in Rome had contacts in the army so he had to play it pretty straight.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (8avO+)

188
Launch clock on hold at 10 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (QVmho)

189 Saw lauch was on YouTube live but just looked lkke guys takkng outvthe garbage

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

190 106 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot

Yeah I think she spent her first 20 years being casually molested and raped by Hollywood like a lot of those starlets. You can practically list their names off the top of your head like Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, etc. The girls who are a mess, the ones who were on drugs young, the ones who turned lesbian.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)


I take shaved heads as a tell that there's an element of bait-and-switch, where they went into it thinking they knew the score, expecting to just get used like a living blow-up doll, and ended up getting yanked around like it was a WWE match with a championship belt on the line. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Sy6m/)

191 It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)
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No. The Carthaginians were completely wiped out. The predations of the Vandals were a completely different and unrelated event.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

192
The earth is flat anyway. It's all a hoax.......

Check out some of those crazy flat-earth X feeds for a laugh about this -- they're going crazy with Artemis and the moon trip.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (w6EFb)

193 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii.
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So you're saying their popularity of their font is part of an elaborate revenge plot against Times Roman?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)

194 It has always been okay at the,HQ to have a difference of opinion, often quite a difference. The response to the rejoinder to that opinion is one way of judging trollishness, for me. Another is the no response by the divergent opinion maker. See - Ass. He never engages.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (pDt9x)

195
Final go/no-go poll afoot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (w6EFb)

196 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii.
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So you're saying their popularity of their font is part of an elaborate revenge plot against Times Roman?
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)

The Serifs in the legions were a devastating shock to the Sans Serif Helvetii

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (8avO+)

197 "Relieved of the burden of managing vast expanses of territory to the East, a resurgent Germany directs its newfound zeal to an ambitious plan to defend Berlin"

Posted by: Experts Say ca. 1945 at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (JkO4W)

198
DId Gene Kranz ever feel the need to speechify during a go/n-go poll?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (w6EFb)

199 It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)
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No. The Carthaginians were completely wiped out. The predations of the Vandals were a completely different and unrelated event.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

City was rebuilt as a Roman colony in between, as I said. Also called Carthage.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (8avO+)

200 ... on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

9/10 Thinking - Edemic just before CLOVERFIELD happens.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (K9ch3)

201 Looks like they've resumed the countdown at ten minutes

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (vSvIl)

202 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (5rh/l)

203 T minus 9 minutes for Artemis II.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (vV6n9)

204 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)

After her parents divorced, she was raised by her mother and HER female partner.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (5xuJ/)

205 T minus 5 minutes to launch.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (5xuJ/)

206 Worried about the address tonight (it's tonight, right?), if he simply says "We win, we will be winding down, all goals achieved."

With the Straight effectively still under Iranian control or at least under threat...the energy markets will still be pressured and US gas prices will likely remain elevated....that's what will put the Senate in play if fuel prices at home remain elevated through the midterms.

Positivity here, maybe tonight he says for the Persians to come out of hiding and begin revolution. Doubt it, but that would my preferred path.

Either way, rocky times ahead.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (F2sSv)

207 The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well said.
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Retief, a fictional diplomat appearing in books by Keith Laumer's is about the only diplomat worthy of praise in recent memory. Rubio though is climbing up the charts.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)


Keith Laumer, the creator of Retief, was a member of the U.S. State Department. I'm pretty certain that Retief was a thinly disguised roman a' clef.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ksbjf)

208 202 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."
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Kids don't know anything about anything these days.

Now, get off my lawn!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (Dv3i1)

209 Orange Man Bad has screwed things up so bad I'm trying to brush up on my Farsi on Duo Lingo even as I write this.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (47/pr)

210 My cousin played the douche boyfriend who let Jodi down.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (cS1cw)

211 Keith Laumer, the creator of Retief, was a member of the U.S. State Department. I'm pretty certain that Retief was a thinly disguised roman a' clef.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Yep. Stationed in Burma for part of his gig. Wrote a thinly disguised and coded obscene book about it. Sound out the character names phonetically.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

212 24 I suspect very soon the left will be making Colin Powell's argument from the WoT that we "caused a mess" in destroying the Mullahs and so we have to send 100K American boys to make sure they get democracy or something.

That was Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn" Doctrine of when you go to War "if you break it you bought it."

That's retarded, sir.

Trump has the "Don't make me take my belt off" doctrine which leads to the Trump doctrine of "Rubble don't make trouble" and "Lather, Rinse, Repeat."

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (47/pr)

Project Hail Mary Is #Based?

I saw it Tuesday night. I realized that was the last night to see it on a premium screen, because Super Mario Bros. would take al the premium screens Wednesday.

I'll review it below. (In short: It's good, worth seeing in the theaters.)

The movie isn't political, but the creators are pitching it low-key as a conservative-friendly movie.

First of all, the writer of the novel the movie is based on, Andy Weir, actually went on Critical Drinker for almost an hour. The Critical Drinker is hated and persona non grata with progressives, so when Weir decided he would ignore the #Deplatforming order on Critical Drinker, he was making a statement.

Not only did he #Platform Critical Drinker, but he trashed Fake Star Trek in much the same way as a conservative pop culture critic would.

"I forgot who it was--I wish I could remember who it was who said it, some analyst--he said something like, 'All modern science fiction TV shows and movies have been heavily influenced by the original Star Trek--except for the current batch of Star Trek shows,'" Weir noted. "I'm Gen X, so my sci-fi was like original series Star Trek reruns and Lost in Space reruns. And there wasn't really much in the way of [new] sci-fi that was airing--where people are off in space doing cool things--until we got to [The Next Generation]."

After discussing the fate of Starfleet Academy and Jordan suggesting that Paramount should simply decanonize all modern Star Trek, Weir offered something of a rebuttal while also revealing that he had attempted to pitch a Trek series of his own.

"You're a little more severe than I am--I'll give you my opinion, and I'm just a consumer. I like Strange New Worlds. I think it's pretty good. I didn't hate Enterprise. I thought it was kind of weird. Lower Decks, I thought, was entertaining and fun. All the others, they can go," Weir said.

"And here's another thing: I pitched a Star Trek show to Paramount, and I was in Zoom with the showrunners with all the shows and spent a lot of time talking to [executive producer Alex Kurtzman]," the writer continued. "I don't like a lot of the new Trek. He, as a person, is a really nice guy. But at the same time, those shows are shit. He is a nice guy. But they didn't accept my pitch, so, you know, fuck 'em."

He was forced to apologize for this -- conservatives also shouldn't court controversy or alienate potential ticket-buyers when they're promoting their movies, either -- but we all heard it. The Truth Is Out There now.

In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out." That may seem obvious, but it's only conservative cultural critics who've been saying it. The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.

Former Amazon executive Tom Price -- who greenlighted this movie -- writes in the NYT that maybe Hollywood should learn a lesson from Project Hail Mary's success and make movies which are -- get this -- broadly entertaining rather than filled with divisive and yet childlike political propaganda.

'Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes.


By Roy Price


Mr. Price is the chief executive of International Art Machine, an entertainment studio, and was previously the head of Amazon Studios.


"Project Hail Mary" opened last weekend to more than $80 million at the domestic box office, the biggest opening for a nonfranchise, nonsequel film since "Oppenheimer" in 2023. For all the fretting about the decline of movie theaters, people apparently know where their local theater is just as long as they're given films they want to go and see. It's also the first major theatrical success for Amazon MGM Studios, which formed in 2023. (Despite my former association with Amazon, I don't enjoy any benefit from the film's success.)

It's not just a one-off hit, either -- the domestic box office in general in 2026 is up a robust 20 percent from the year before, driven by hits like the mid-December releases "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "The Housemaid," along with the year's "Scream 7," "Wuthering Heights" and others.

A possible reason for this rebound? Movies are starting to feel fun again.

Eras change. Vibes, as they say, shift. In 1969, the low-budget counterculture road movie "Easy Rider" was the fourth-biggest box office hit -- edged out for third place by the low-budget, X-rated "Midnight Cowboy." By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked. That was the end of an era: Musicals were essentially over and the cinematic 1970s had begun, one year early.

We've had other eras since -- the blockbusters of the 1980s, the Sundance generation of the 1990s. But the most recent era, which started in the wake of Donald Trump's election in 2016 and went into overdrive after 2020, was one in which political and social messaging were what seemed to matter most in Hollywood.

I actually wrote that he rejected divisive political messaging before I read the actual article. But he said it! I was only thinking he'd softly imply it.


Sex, erotic thrillers and humor were on the outs. Romantic comedies essentially disappeared. From 2012 to 2016, roughly 67 comedy films with budgets over $5 million were released a year on average. From 2017 to 2023 (excluding the Covid year of 2020), that average dropped by a third, to some 45 comedies a year. It was an era when you could make "Nomadland" -- a best picture Oscar winner in 2021 -- but championing the ribaldry of a film like "Bridesmaids" seemed suddenly out of the question.

The Dionysian elements of popular entertainment -- irreverence, sexual frankness and broad, even scatological humor -- were cast aside as the industry sought to correct historic wrongs and resist current ones. An unmistakable censoriousness and fear of saying or doing the wrong thing seemed to settle over the creative process. Cultural and political considerations played an outsize role -- not only in what movies got made, but in how success for these movies was defined.

What didn't seem to matter as much? Making sure that audiences were filling seats.

It can't be a coincidence that Ryan Gosling is echoing this line, minus the overt criticism of progressive propaganda. This feels like a coordinated message.

In Price's case, he has nothing to gain from Project Hail Mary's success. I guess he had no points in the project. But many in Hollywood have recognized that the industry is now in a state of dire existential crisis and they need to get their heads out of their stinky asses ASAP or the whole rotten house is going to collapse. His interest here is about the general viability of the so-called "entertainment" industry.


Some might object that comedy in particular waned in that era because the genre, in the words of the industry, "doesn't travel," meaning it lacks international appeal. But the international appeal of comedy didn't suddenly change in 2017. Hollywood's tastes did.

That era might finally be ending.

Hollywood loves box-office data, and the recent data suggests that there are two paths forward for the industry. One path is the prestige message films that dominated the most recent Oscars, exemplified by this year's best picture winner, "One Battle After Another" (although that movie, with its chase scenes and stoner jokes, had a crowd-pleasing element). The other path is represented by eight-cylinder entertainment like "Project Hail Mary" and "The Housemaid" -- as well as pulpy films like "Weapons" and "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

If this new era of fun has a figurehead, it's the actress Sydney Sweeney, who almost single-handedly revived the romantic comedy with "Anyone but You" and the erotic thriller with "The Housemaid," two genres that 10 years ago had been cinematically left for dead.


Hollywood was built on entertainment. A big part of what makes entertaining movies work is that they engage audiences in a way that feels contemporary but would be completely recognizable to Billy Wilder or Frank Capra. These films spring from the belief that movies matter in and of themselves -- and not just as a means to influence society.

The question is not whether Hollywood should make serious or socially conscious films -- it should, and it will. But the success of "Project Hail Mary" and other recent films reminds us that in our new era, whatever it will be called, people appear to be responding to fun.

There was an old rule that actual movie stars observed: "One for the studio, one for me." In other words, one broadly entertaining movie likely to make a good amount of money, and then one more personal and "arty" project which probably wouldn't make money but would boost the star's prestige.

For ten years, Hollywood's rule has been "one for me, and another one for me, and oh how about another one for me, and this one for me, and this one for me." Yes, they made Marvel and other superhero movies during this period, but those were among the only broadly-entertaining movies they made -- everything else was overt, mentally-impaired hardcore woke propaganda. And then, of course, even the stupid superhero movies started pushing braindead woke propaganda as well, and people stopped seeing those.

The "star" of the upcoming Supergirl movie just decided to alienate the mostly-male audience for superhero movies and announce that she is a pre-emptive victim (TM) of internet bullying. You see, Basement Internet Babies cannot stand the thought of a Stronk Female playing... Supergirl.


And so Hollywood now finds itself making almost nothing but woke propaganda movies people just don't want to see. And they can no longer point to Marvel's success as evidence they're still relevant.

A review:

As I said, it's worth your time and money. The movie has a fair amount of spectacle -- there's a great sequence involving skimming the atmosphere of an alien planet towards the end of the movie -- and supposedly most of the effects were achieved in-camera with models and painted backdrops.

The story is a little contrived: the Sun is dimming due to strange alien cells called "astrophages," or star-eaters. The earth has about 30 years left before it is plunged into a lethal ice age that will kill almost all life on the planet. Local stars are similarly dimming, probably also from these astrophages. All except a star 13 light years away, Tau Ceti. The earth organizes an emergency crash project to build a ship to go to Tau Ceti and find out what makes Tau Ceti immune from the plague of the astrophages, and send what they discover back to earth via small probes.

The hitch: It's a one-way trip, a suicide run. They cannot load enough fuel on to the ship for a return trip. Whoever goes, dies in space.

One thing I like about this set-up: Author Andy Weir avoids the usual end-of-the-world scenario of "global warming." Instead he conjures up a fictitious threat that results in... global cooling. I think he did this on purpose.

When Ryan Gosling's character reaches Tau Ceti, he is menaced by an alien space ship that also has just arrived there. But he soon guesses the ship was sent by another civilization threatened by the astrophages, for the same reason he's there, to discover why Tau Ceti resists the plague.

This brings up two closely-related criticisms I have about the movie:

1, Hollywood's continued belief that audiences still love Marvel Trash Humor. The movie is loaded with jokes -- or "jokes" -- and while a fair number of them work, a lot of them are just thrown in because the movie thinks the audience has a short attention span and is bored by science and so there's a joke a minute to keep the audience engaged. Now, maybe they're right that the Modern Audience demands this constant barrage of light humor, but it grated on me. I have to repeat, a fair amount of the humor actually is funny, but I got annoyed at the many pop culture references. I felt like I was stuck at a party between Star-Lord and Dr. Strange trying to out-clever each other and both losing.

2, the movie aggressively wants you to like it and like the characters. It's like a hyperactive puppy in its drive to be liked. Of all the sins a movie can have, this is a pretty forgiveable one, but... I liked the characters well-enough without the cloying attempts to ingratiate themselves with me.

Directors Lord and Miller were fired from Solo for making that movie too much of a comedy. I long assumed that Kaffeine Kennedy was in the wrong, but now I'm not so sure.

Those flaws knock the movie down a point, but it's still a strong movie. The atmospheric-skimming sequence at the climax of Act II is spectacular and so tense that I wanted to walk out of the movie. That's not the movie's fault, it's just as I've gotten older I flinch from tension (and horror) more and more. The suspense was, for me, unbearable at points. But that is, of course, what they were aiming for.

Oh, I recognized Milana Vayntraub as a background character after a while. (Pretty much all characters except Ryan Gosling and his alien contact are background characters.) She is pretty, but, as usual, she dresses in baggy clothes because she really, really hates guys looking at her boobs. I count this as another attempt by the film-makers to appeal to conventional/traditional audiences, men in particular.

There is a flaw I felt when I was watching the movie but later decided wasn't a flaw: When Gosling encounters the alien craft, there's a sequence taking about 40 minutes of Gosling figuring out how to communicate with the aliens. While I was watching it, I felt as if Gosling was spending too much time on this rather than his actual mission, which was to explore Tau Ceti.

But of course partnering with aliens for this mission would greatly improve the odds of succeeding. I wish there had just been a quick line inserted where Gosling speaks into his video journal and declares that finding a way to communicate with the aliens will help him complete his mission. I know that's obvious, but he does spend a long time figuring out the alien language. I kept thinking, "What about your mission?" If the movie just offered a quick line saying that this is part of the mission, I wouldn't have been bothered.

I listened to that Idiot Whore Grace Randolf because I wanted to hear how the movie was performing financially. She was sure that there is no way the human and alien could have communicated with each other.

I was kind of infected with her Very Stupid Idea as I was watching the movie, but upon reflection, I think the learning-the-language sequence is perfectly plausible.

They don't learn each other's language at all, actually. They say words to each other, and get the other's equivalent word, and then enter the matching pair into the computer. It's the computer that does the translating, working from a lexicon they enter into it. Not having to actually memorize vocabulary really speeds things up.

Even though this takes a fair chunk of screen-time, in real time, I think it would only take 2-3 days. Because they only learn, at the end of their big language-learning session, 250 words.

At the end of a process of sharing vocabulary with each other, Gosling says something like, "We know about 250 of each other's words, not a lot but enough to order dinner in a restaurant." That's about right. Vocabulary goes by a power law: the 500 most common words in a language make up fifty percent of all words you will ever read or hear in it. The next 500 most common words make up 25% of all the words you will ever encounter. The next 500 most common make up 12.5%, the next 500 6.25%, etc.

So upon further reflection, their 250 word lexicon would be enough to start communicating.

I also realized that this explained away part of my problem with the movie: the cutesieness. I hope I am not spoiling the movie by telling you the alien Gosling partners with is very cute -- too cute, I found during the movie. Cuter than Ewoks.

But I now realize that a big part of why I found him so cloyingly cute was that he spoke with a child-like vocabulary. When he objected to an idea, he would say "Bad bad bad" or "dumb and stupid."

But... that's exactly what he would say, if he's limiting himself to the simplest possible vocabulary he knows so that the computer can look it up in their tiny 250-word lexicon. So the cuteness was actually plot-justified, which I didn't realize when I was watching it.

Of course he speaks like a little child, because he's working from a little child's 250-word vocabulary! Little children do not say "sub-optimal" or "insufficiently evidenced." They say "Bad bad bad" and "dumb and stupid."

(How exactly they communicated more technical/scientific ideas, I don't know. Fortunately for them, the science they end up doing is pretty basic. I don't know what they would have done if it got very technical. And they do continue adding to their lexicon as they work together through the movie.)

Maybe with that explanation, this aspect of the movie won't grate on you as it grated on me.

Overall, a good movie. Often over-cute, marred by Marvel humor, and there's a character arc that feels too writerly to me -- like Weir thought of it and then patted himself on the shoulder -- but worth the $11 and two and a half hours.

Plus, if they're trying hard to pander to normie audiences, normie audiences would do well to reward that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM




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1 FOIST?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (WONhk)

2 She looks like a Fetal Alcohol Kid...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Int1s)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 04:33 PM (LdBR/)

4 Why did Lt. Worf change his hair color?

It was a good day to dye.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 01, 2026 04:35 PM (1LgBj)

5 Nope

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 04:35 PM (T8bqm)

6 I don't know how "based" it was. It was just a good movie, with that old-fashioned value of story.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

7 I have this post all to myself!!!And Ace!

At first I thought Ace was still talking about the SCOTUS court future ruling today. It may take a Hail Mary for justice to rule for once. It could happen!

I'm going to add to my ever growing prayers. At this rate I will soon be one of those nuns who take a vow of silence and pray all day (my husband would like this part). The Carmelites.

Here they have bee hives and sell honey and jam. Markle wants to be like this but never shuts up and flits around. I once wanted to be a nun but was Presbyterian. I watched a movie or something. I also wanted to be Nelly Bly and Anne of Green Gables as I was busy.

I have my own version of peace here when my husband lets me out of my cell every morning. I then flit around a bit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (WONhk)

8 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which specifically included former slaves recently freed.

The Black population should be offended that these illegal Scum Bags get the same rights as they do and not pay any taxes or contribute to the US Society as a Whole and are just "Leeches on their Tax Dollars"...

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (38587)

9 Hollywood needs the comedy of Tom Green more than ever. "Freddy Got Fingered" actually wasn't that bad.

$14 million bucks of gross and stupid but Hollywood has devolved so much in 25 years, it looked like Shakespeare.

No gays, no trannies, no messages, Drew Barrymore looked cute and BJ Betty was cute and kind of funny. Shakespeare.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)

10 The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.
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I think you misspelled "dramatized screeds".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

11 My "left-leaning but still very open-minded" daughter really liked the movie and told me that I would probably like it enough that I should see it on the big screen.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 01, 2026 04:40 PM (HlyYF)

12 In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out."
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Seems awfully similar to what I've been saying about whiny Republicans complaining about low turnout in non-Trump elections.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 04:41 PM (TN0g+)

13 2 She looks like a Fetal Alcohol Kid...
Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Int1s)

Nah. FAS kids have no philtrum.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (WONhk)

14 My daughter read the book, said it was good.

The making of the woke movies reminds me of the woke sports leagues, the people that they are trying to impress with that crap aren't their customers. Or at least enough of them to make money. It's truly bizarre.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

15
They've had a little glitch with Artemis II, just as I was expecting. It's a range issue with the flight termination system communications or some crap. This is the self-destruct system that blows up the rocket if it goes out of control.

In the you-can't-make-it-up category, they've sent some guy out to the VAB to look for an old piece of Shuttle hardware they are referring to as "heritage hardware" they think might help fix things.

As it is, range safety is no-go until this FTS problem is fixed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (w6EFb)

16 13 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (WONhk)

She ids as Mongoloid looking as the actress who played Ava in Justified....God there are a lot of fetishists in Whore E Weird...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Int1s)

17 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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See, it's ok to have a "message" in a movie (even if I disagree with it, because I can, you know, disagree with it). But the message has to be subordinate to making the movie. Entertain the audience, and if you can also make them think, that's a bonus.

But there's a word for media that puts political messaging ahead of the art: propaganda.

Posted by: can of spam at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (14gFN)

18 Saw it the other day, great movie very enjoyable. The movie is not woke but the Hail Mary team on earth is very strong woman and DEI-ish.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (GUOwU)

19 Saw it with the family, we all liked it.

I went because I saw reviews that it was one of the few "family" movies being made. Not a kids movie, but one every age could actually enjoy watching.

I'd give it a B+, worth seeing, but maybe a little over praised. No real politics that I could discern.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (eIzlH)

20 In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out." That may seem obvious, but it's only conservative cultural critics who've been saying it. The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.
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We ARE better, but not immune to that. Sometimes the guys at the Daily Wire (especially Klavan), and sometimes Morrissey talking to Toto are close to saying we HAVE to go to conservative made movies. Mark Judge does too. And note, in general I like all those. But there are just too many new books and movies I am not interested in.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 04:46 PM (AlhUl)

21 Helen slaters version looks like shakespeare compared to this

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (bXbFr)

22 I knew "Sinners" would probably have a message going into it. Black crop-pickers in the south during the 20s? How could it not. But I forgot about that when watching the movie and didn't think much about it after.

Posted by: redchief at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (X1ddP)

23 I saw PHM over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I largely agree with what Ace said; as far as it being Based, nothing really stood out except a moment where Gosling's character is talking to the project director and the issue of faith comes up.

He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

Nothing beyond that, but it was a nice moment.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (U7TBY)

24 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:48 PM (n5tGW)

25 The Andy Weir book was good so I have high hopes for the movie. We are going to watch it for my wife's birthday.

And of course it is a shame that Milly is a toxic airhead.

Part of the romance of the movies is falling in love just a little bit with the women as you put yourself in that universe, and that is not possible when you couldn't even stand to be in the same room with them. These people build their careers around being more attractive than average, and then they run their mouths and ruin it.

Posted by: Thatch at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (i0077)

26 Former Amazon executive Tom Price -- who greenlighted this movie -- writes in the NYT that maybe Hollywood should learn a lesson from Project Hail Mary's success and make movies which are -- get this -- broadly entertaining rather than filled with divisive and yet childlike political propaganda.

Sorry to be a tiresome pedant, but childlike implies the sweeter, innocent nature of children, while childish is negative. If I'm reading this correctly, childish is the fitting word here.

Childlike and childish both relate to children but have opposite connotations: childlike is positive, highlighting innocence, wonder, and sincerity, while childish is negative, denoting immature, petulant, or irrational behavior. Childlike refers to admired traits, whereas childish describes unwanted behaviors like tantrums or self-centeredness.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

27 Faye dunaway realled chewed the scenery

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (bXbFr)

28 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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I genuinely enjoyed Sinners , but it was very clear the movie was very anti-white at basically every level.

The creator was clearly a racist.

It was also nowhere near an Oscar worthy movie, it was just a horror movie that punched above its weight. But DEI is what matters most to these people.

A white director or writer and this thing would have not gotten a single nom.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (eIzlH)

29 I have not and probably will not for years see Hail Mary but it looks interesting and its main star is smart about his publicity. His statement that its not the job of fans to like stuff, its the job of them to make stuff people like. He said he was deliberately trying to make uplifting, positive stuff now too.

Which... brings us to Supergirl. Which looks grim and moany.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (El6/E)

30 Sven @16...seriously? No way she's Downs Syndrome, either. I guess she wants to be unique vs trans or something more common like a lesbo non-Chaz.

As a newborn RN we do the first physical exams before the doc...palms of hands, ears (if set low), eyes and other facial features, loose skin at back of neck, muscle tone, etc.

She's not very pretty, I'll give her that. But there is no "syndrome" she was born with.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (WONhk)

31
Wall O Content!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (QVmho)

32 >>>The movie is loaded with jokes -- or "jokes

that's in the books too -- Weir's big hits, this one and The Martian, were written with the narrator making lots of jokes during all the science narration -- a lot of reddit-tier humor but both narrators are nerds so I guess it's supposed to fit

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (jGJov)

33 30 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (WONhk)

She looks like the idiot furry from Land of the Lost...I am sorry I am not sorry...the bitch playing Super Girl looks Cro-Magnon..

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Int1s)

34 A while back, WB actually had good, fun cartoon superhero movies. No messaging.

Now, it's like the rest. Messaging. They actually had an Aztec Batman. I just put it on when I want to fall asleep.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Sco7b)

35
K2-18b is a *possible*, possible, "hycean" planet. Could also be a super earth or mini-Neptune.
Hycean means hydrogen atmosphere but with a water ocean. These could support life.

This would be critters, bacteria and so forth, not likely big flora and fauna. But who the hell knows. Our sample of life in the universe consists of 1 data point.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (w6EFb)

36 Afternoon, all,

This movie sounds like it's worth going to see. The essence of the plot sounds like something Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle might have written, or in the pulp days Jack Williamson or Murray Leinster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)

37 He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

Nothing beyond that, but it was a nice moment.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (U7TBY)
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Yes. I liked that moment, too.

It feels almost brave to put that in a movie these days.

"Yeah, but you didn't prove God!" -- people who do not know how little is formally *proven*.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

38 What you missing is how God is handled in the movie. In the movie, one of the respected characters sort of implies they believe in God. "What's the alternative?" In the book, the Christian character is not looked on as favorably. Did someone focus test that line? Religious nuts like me heard it and made me really happy to see a little bit of God in the midst of a celebration of humanism.

Posted by: Someone afraid of the LGTBQ lobby at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (5DTn7)

39 Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Int1s)

She could pass for a tranny.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

40 He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

It’s a good line; it’s interesting how rarely lines like these show up, especially well-written. Joss Whedon had a similar not-quite-throwaway in, I think, the first Avengers movie.

There’s only one God, ma’am, and he doesn’t dress like that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (EXyHK)

41 We ARE better, but not immune to that. Sometimes the guys at the Daily Wire (especially Klavan), and sometimes Morrissey talking to Toto are close to saying we HAVE to go to conservative made movies. Mark Judge does too. And note, in general I like all those. But there are just too many new books and movies I am not interested in.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 04:46 PM (AlhUl)


It is our DUTY to eat each and every crap sandwich filmed, or else the genre is dead.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (rbvCR)

42 This movie sounds like it's worth going to see. The essence of the plot sounds like something Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle might have written, or in the pulp days Jack Williamson or Murray Leinster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)
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It's a really unique McGuffin, AFAIK.

And yeah, I would recommend this movie to anyone

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

43 I think we've entered the time when it doesn't matter if a superhero movie is good or bad, whatever that might mean, I think they're just done. They need to disappear for at least a couple of decades.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

44 I saw it last night. Liked it but didn't love it. Too long. And too many scenes of Ryann Gosling looking into a microscope. But the action sequence of collecting samples from the Tau Ceti planet was heart-stopping. And I love Ryan Gosling's speech to the screening audience. Almost Tom Cruise-level of audience service.

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (eAAqq)

45 This would be critters, bacteria and so forth,

So democrats then.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:54 PM (n5tGW)

46 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026


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"Uh, there's no smoking here. NO SMOKING HERE!!! NO SMO--"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

47 Sinners was a movie I probably shouldn't have liked, but I did.

It's one of those that really needs the music for it to work, though.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (U7TBY)

48 The creator was clearly a racist.

He is, he's a very talented, capable film maker but he clearly hates white people LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (El6/E)

49 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

50 Interesting. Thanks for the review, Ace! In the book, Weir actually rides the anthropogenic climate change bandwagon pretty hard. It doesn't take much page time, but it's in your face.

It seems like they did justice to the alien language part of the book. I'm glad to hear that.

Looking forward to seeing this one when I get a chance.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (mLePI)

51 Make entertaining films instead of laborious, boring blogs that people like TJM will nod thoughtfully at while holding their chins and say 'interesting?

What a fucking concept.

Of course, a lot of the modern shit is not even film snob shit. Its just shit shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

52 I would say childish

Childlike is optimistic not nihilist

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (bXbFr)

53 >>> 'Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes.

WHY YES. Congrats, geniuses, you've figured out something the rest of us have known for a long time. Gold star for you.

According to Toto, Super Mario Bros is safe but quite fun. The Friday Night Tights gang thinks if it gets to stay in the theaters for a long time, it'll possibly rake in $1.5 billion.

They are also worried that one of the added characters for this movie will bring out all the furries. We'll see.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:57 PM (gWBY1)

54 39 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

So Australian

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Int1s)

55 Some of the explodings in Iran are downright cinematic

https://tinyurl.com/49xh2226

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (ZxPkt)

56 Going to see Hail Mary this weekend. One of my teens is a sci-fi freak and loved the book. Excited to see his take.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (gWBY1)

57 . . . Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026


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Thus the title!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

58 I will probably do see " Hail Mary" with the family after Easter.

The movie I'm particularly interesting seeing is " A Great Awakening" about he 18th century evangelist George Whitfield and his friendship with Benjamin Franklin. Whitfield was a powerful preacher and Franklin was not an orthodox believer. He was interested in using his paper to promote Whitfield however. " Sight and Sound" does biblically based shows in the PA Dutch region and also has put out movies of their show:

https://tinyurl.com/mwtkemuy

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 01, 2026 04:59 PM (fQqaC)

59 Time slows down traveling that fast so his 13 years is really what 130 years on earth. I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if they actually mean 13 years earth time or we just go with the suspension of disbelief to enjoy it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)

60 Supergirl is well named, "Milly Allcock", given s/he looks vaguely trans.

"Marvel humor" has been better described as "fake Joss Whedon dialogue". Whedon himself and the other Mutant Enemy writers could pull that off. Nobody else has been able to, but they keep trying.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 05:00 PM (2ocoG)

61 My kids love Mario so I'm hoping the new one doesn't have any woke crap in it. The first one was pretty good. Nintendo does not seem to tolerate too much risk to their flagship characters, to their credit.

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:00 PM (jGJov)

62 Saw it the other day, great movie very enjoyable. The movie is not woke but the Hail Mary team on earth is very strong woman and DEI-ish.
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (GUOwU)


I'm not sure about that. It was a worldwide coalition so, since whites make up less than 10% of the worldwide population, they were over-represented on the team - as expected since they are among the high tech countries. I can only think of three women on the team, offhand, the head lady, the lady astronaut, and the one who fucked up a measurement and caused an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

63 Some of the explodings in Iran are downright cinematic

https://tinyurl.com/49xh2226
Posted by: Don Black

Michael Bay is jealous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ndZc7)

64 I think we've entered the time when it doesn't matter if a superhero movie is good or bad, whatever that might mean, I think they're just done. They need to disappear for at least a couple of decades.

I think its funny people say this about superhero movies, but 7 out of 10 Sci Fi movies bomb and nobody says we're in a science fiction fatigue era.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

65 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked./i]

Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

66 Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 01, 2026 05:02 PM (wKJf5)

67 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.

I am highly skeptical about the claims they are making about planets thousands of lightyears away. Seriously we have good telescopes but they aren't THAT good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (El6/E)

68 Sorry, I'm gonna go back and read the content, but...

I've just watched the speech and presser by Queer Starmer. and holy shit!

He literally says the Straight of Hormuz is so very important to England to their fuel, but says nothing specific about what they will do except "We will figure out what to do about it once the Straight is open..."


Are you fucking kidding me?

Also, he says no way England will do anything about anything... and makes sure to stress that any of their participation in our "250 Celebration" has been completely planned a very long time ago, so don't blame me...


Last point- he uses the Biden way of taking questions- he knows the name and where they are from of every questioner...

Fuck me.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (dmDsy)

69 64 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Int1s)

70 Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Actually he's not terrible, Lee Marvin is far worse. But for some reason it works for Marvin and not for Eastwood. The problem with Paint Your Wagon is that its just not very good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:04 PM (El6/E)

71 I can only think of three women on the team, offhand, the head lady, the lady astronaut, and the one who fucked up a measurement and caused an issue.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)


Without doing spoilers, "caused an issue" is certainly one way to put it.

I didn't realize that Lily from AT&T was the lady astronaut until I watched the end credits. Neat.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 05:04 PM (U7TBY)

72 “John Rambo” Executive Producer Says Audiences Crave “Masculine Alpha Males”

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You bet they do!
- Lindsey Graham

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:05 PM (ndZc7)

73 I'm still half asleep from a nap. I clicked AoS and seen this post. I thought the war in Iran had gone into a different phase, Project Hail Mary. Looked like a pretty big deal(figured ground troops) but it's a movie review. I'm slowly waking up.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IlL6s)

74 Its the python how to do it sketch

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (bXbFr)

75 Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off

Word is the studios hate them but they make so much money when they work that they feel they have to keep doing it. And yeah hopeful heroic content primarily featuring white guys is like a cross to a vampire for Hollywood. we hates it!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (El6/E)

76 I saw it last week. FYI: despite still being 29, I did, however, see Star Wars during its original release. That said, I did find myself looking at my watch no less than three times. It was better than any film I've seen in the theaters in the past 4 years (low bar). But I have no desire to see it again. Then again, I wasn't a fan of the Martian. You know, where everything tried for the first time in the movie surprisingly works. Maybe I’m just getting too old.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (CyFyf)

77 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

I believe that the Sun was going to dim sufficiently in 30 years that it would start to be a problem. Given the way that the movie ended, it looks like the process took about that long.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

78 >>> Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

end credits of Gran Torino were the best part

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (jGJov)

79
By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.
Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Lee Marvin did it better...
https://youtu.be/N8608DIj-oc

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (QVmho)

80 I am highly skeptical about the claims they are making about planets thousands of lightyears away. Seriously we have good telescopes but they aren't THAT good.

If you can read beyond the newspaper articles and click-bait web sites, astronomers are pretty honest about how much uncertainty is in these data.

It is real, in the sense that they are doing real analysis (of, for example, the spectrum of a planet’s atmosphere, the mass of the planet, its approximate size, and thus an approximate density) with real and useful results, but there are many possible interpretations of those results.

Sky & Telescope appears to be a pretty good reporter on this things.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (EXyHK)

81 Marvel had heart even up to endgame although ragnarok and guardian 2 went too lame

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (bXbFr)

82 Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)
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What are you talking about?

Eastwood was known to sit on many sets with his guitar just singing songs to pass the hours. Eastwood has a fine singing voice. It doesn't sound like he should, but he does.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

83 >> planets thousands of lightyears away.

K2-18b system is about 124 ly away. The dimethyl sulfide signature was detected by spectroscopy with JWST. This looks at what the atmosphere around the planet does with the starlight passing through when it transits in front of its star as seen from our perspective.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

84 I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough. In some pics, she looks a little chubby too. She’s reasonably attractive, don’t get me wrong, but come on now — Supergirl has to be a babe.

I suspect the movie is expected to bomb or at least underperform, and they are laying groundwork for blaming the failure on stupid men who can’t stand stronk empowered wimmins.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:10 PM (jB7fc)

85 >>>So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?


there was much handwaving in the movie about how much time this took, or if the ship was moving at anything close to the speed of light, or what. They did show a character who remained on earth appearing maybe 10-15 years older, but it seems like she should have been much older.

The fuel they use is derived from the astrophages themselves so maybe there's some implied Magic Science going on here.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:11 PM (1wjle)

86 Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 01, 2026 05:02 PM (wKJf5)


To each their own. I enjoyed it, apparently more than Ace, but I wasn't concerned about the alien being cuter than me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:11 PM (ExV1e)

87 Maybe this is a fantasy movie.

Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It… if you have any questions… let’s talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin… or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat… actually just don’t, it’s not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).

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So we need a Superjustice movie?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (ndZc7)

88 i assume the book got specific about travel time and how fast the ship was going, but they stripped it out of the movie to keep it friendly for the non-NERDS!!!

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (1wjle)

89 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

It's been awhile since I went to a movie. Maybe 12-14 years ago.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Oy/m2)

90 If you can read beyond the newspaper articles and click-bait web sites, astronomers are pretty honest about how much uncertainty is in these data

Yeah its typical with science reporting. They say "our best data suggests that this planet may be" and the press goes "NEW PLANET DISCOVERED THAT IS"

I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (El6/E)

91 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

92 "69 64 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off...
Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Int1s"

Not to ruffle too many feathers, but the whole western superhero tradition is sort of lame and gay. "Oh look at me and how tall my high horse is, I'm gonna go defeat all the villians but make sure to capture them all alive and leave them tied up in front of the precinct house".

It's a type of conflict for sheltered first worlders with no experience with real fighting and tends to be alarmingly self-centered from the hero/reader-insert standpoint.

The good stuff never loses sight of that and uses it as a source of plot tension, but if you aren't careful it's a short skip and a hop from Batman to the total ethical shitshow of Dr. Who.

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (RW4Zm)

93 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (jB7fc)

94 For ten years, Hollywood's rule has been "one for me, and another one for me, and oh how about another one for me, and this one for me, and this one for me."
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Well, only Trump wins when you do one for the racist audience who voted in MAGA.

So, it's really understandable.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

95 I still want them to make my Covid Era, Over The Road Trucker Comedy, Starring DDL as a grizzled trucker who has an addiction to underground dance offs and Karaoke, who has a midget for a partner and they are pitted against teams of other truckers that have to get to a Macguffen load and bring it back from La to Florida for big money.

It's styled as, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad world meets Convoy, Meets Smokey and the bandit.

IT COULD WORK!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (XV/Pl)

96 I read and have read a lot of SF, since I was 12years old.
I found Hail Mary a good quick read.
I recommend it. Especially to those who like 'Science fiction'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Y/b9a)

97
Well, the range safety is now go. Their "heritage hardware" (piece of old Shuttle equipment) apparently solved the problem with FTS communication.

How would you like to be the range safety officer who had to make the call whether to hit the button and blow up a rocket with people on it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

98 73 I'm still half asleep from a nap. I clicked AoS and seen this post. I thought the war in Iran had gone into a different phase, Project Hail Mary. Looked like a pretty big deal(figured ground troops) but it's a movie review. I'm slowly waking up.
Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 05:05
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I love this place.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (bQ4nt)

99 >>>Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.

i get that the review was more focused on criticism than praise but I was trying to avoid talking about much of the plot... I did think I had to note the Trash Marvel Humor and the excessive cuteness (even though after the movie I realized some of the cuteness was plot-justified)

it's good. Maybe too much sugar, not enough salt.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (1wjle)

100 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Oy/m2)
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$20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

101 Also, this is a very exciting time for astronomers. Not only is there at least one private telescope in space, with bigger ones coming up, but ground-based telescopes are undergoing a renaissance too.

Computer calculations are making it possible to make absolutely gigantic optical telescopes by, rather than building gigantic telescopes that would be subject to collapse, but by building lots of smaller telescopes and treating them as a single lens.

Besides gravity, another of the limitations on ground-based astronomy has been turbulence in the atmosphere, which makes resolutions beyond a certain point useless. But it is now possible to measure that turbulence in real-time and so apply corrections in order to attain greater clarity on the ground.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (EXyHK)

102 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

103 >>>89 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

I went to Alamo and it was only $11.60 or something. I guess their prices are lower during the week. when I saw Fellowship of the Ring there it cost like $18.50.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (1wjle)

104 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

It was $25 for two when I saw it.

On the one hand, it was the matinee. On the other hand, it was IMAX. On the gripping hand, $5 of that was the "convenience fee" for using the required service to buy the ticket.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (ExV1e)

105 Gah. I've been goofing on this movie since it came out because it's been shooting up the IMDB charts. It's now ranked as the #78 greatest movie of all time.

Up yours, "2001".
Too many notes, "Amadeus".
Forget it Jake, "Chinatown" sucks compared to this!

I'll probably go see it, but the Marvel humor is grating on me already, and they barely show it in the trailer.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (/d4WW)

106 >>> I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough

she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (jGJov)

107 Watched this movie in a theater that brings beer and freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies to your seat in the middle of the show. Thumbs up!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (AkKZw)

108 >>>93 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)

109 84 I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough. In some pics, she looks a little chubby too. She’s reasonably attractive, don’t get me wrong, but come on now — Supergirl has to be a babe.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:10 PM (jB7fc)

Cosmicbook dot news said they had about 8 screenings so far and they're adding in more Superman. Apparently she's a little mopey too. Great.

And you're right, Supergirl should be hot.

And not carrying a movie alone. Bringing out heroes and villains people barely heard of isn't a great move. A Booster Gold series? Ughhh. And I watched most of the superhero cartoons in the 90's and have never heard of Black Adam...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

110 @106

>>she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior

She has a punchable face, you never want your female lead to have a punchable face.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (XV/Pl)

111 https://youtu.be/nn8YubD01sk

Nahh, Clint is a fine actor and a good musician (Jazz I think?) but singing "I Talk To The Trees" sounds like Clint Eastwood singing as Clint Eastwood.

There's a reason he only did one musical.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

112 >> Also, this is a very exciting time for astronomers.

In another 10, 20 years, I'm sure there will be a lot of amazing discoveries. There's a lot high resolution fancy stuff in the pipeline to probe exoplanets and their atmospheres.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (w6EFb)

113 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (jB7fc)


It really didn't feel like 2.5 hours to me. The fourth time I had to sit through a Cadillac commercial before the movie started... THAT felt like 2.5 hours.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)

114 Fun with the Kit Kat kaper.

https://is.gd/AbR76y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)

115 92 Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (RW4Zm)

Yeah Beowulf, Robin Hood, Arthurian legends, Dumas and others all suck as well...

again Superhero movies properly done are a good thing, for all I know Ishtar well done could be a good thing....

Zack Snyder is not a good thing.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (Int1s)

116 My local bijou has $7 matinees, and you can buy a book of 100 tickets for $700 if you want to go whenever.

That's pretty good. But they've jacked up the refreshments prices. It's about $20 for two large sodas and a large popcorn (with refills).

I've noticed a lot of the repertory places around here are offering ridiculously cheap tickets. They don't make much money off those anyway, I guess. (Interestingly, the refreshment prices are way cheaper than the big chains, too.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (/d4WW)

117 I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.

I'll check it out eventually.
Sounds better than most Sci-fi out in the past decade.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

118 Eastwood did some singing in some episodes of Rawhide.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (Oy/m2)

119 She's also Australian and has a prototypical Australian look about her.

Super Girl needs to be All-American.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (XV/Pl)

120 what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)


Only 10 minutes of commercials? Lucky bastard.

And all at ear splitting volume.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

121 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.

For things that they can do spectral analysis on, the certainty that these are planets is very high. There have been enough observations across different types of measurements with enough predictability of what future measurements will show, that the alternative explanations have to get weirder and weirder to explain them as something other than a planet.

Then again, “the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (EXyHK)

122 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)

123 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)
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Yea, another reason why I stopped going to the theater. I’ll wait a month or two for the movie to come out on 4K disc and watch in my home theater.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (jB7fc)

124 >>>what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.

don't forget the glow of everyone scrolling their phones during the movie

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:21 PM (jGJov)

125 118 Eastwood did some singing in some episodes of Rawhide.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (Oy/m2)

Maybe he sounded better singing some country-western with a guitar, I don't know. I've only got Paint Your Wagon to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

126 what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
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I gotta admit...I don't even arrive at the theater until marquee time. The big chains have 15 minutes of "pre-show content" at a minimum. AMC does 20.

The little places will do about 10. Arrive at marquee time, park, get tix, get popcorn, go to the bathroom...get there just in time to get spoiled for an upcoming movie.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (/d4WW)

127 49 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

That's not exactly the problem in the movie. The world will lose half it's population in 30 years due to starvation caused by the dimming sun and all the wars that will be fought in those 30 years over food because of course the countries of the world will lie cheat and steal to survive. All of the stars in our immediate vicinity except Tau Ceti are experiencing the dimming. Don't want to spoil how they were able to accelerate the ship fast enough to make the mission viable, it's a major plot point and possibly a plot hole. Also a bit ironic.

Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (CFMhl)

128 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)


I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (ExV1e)

129 And all at ear splitting volume.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

I saw the last 2 Avatar movies with my friend.

I bring foam earplugs. Shouldn't have to...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Sco7b)

130 don't forget the glow of everyone scrolling their phones during the movie
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The Alamo will kick you out for that, as will most repertory theaters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (/d4WW)

131 Saw it at an IMAX theater and it was wonderful.
Great crowd as well, not looking at phones, being loud, nor smelling of pot.
Great family afternoon.
Couple of hours of overtime will help pay for it.

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (bkAYe)

132 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.
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What they see is a little periodic dip in star radiance. This is what they take for "planets" in many cases.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

133 "those shows are shit. He is a nice guy. But they didn't accept my pitch, so, you know, fuck 'em."

The funniest part - Starfleet Academy doesn't suck because it is woke, it sucks because it is poorly acted, directed, scripted, etc. They have an alien the barfs glitter. A gay Klingon. A female Jem hadar. A hologram that acts like it is six years old. A Vulcan bully. A guy in a wheelchair. They use modern slang and curses.

The wokeness isn't the problem as much as the utter lack of original thinking, stories, characters, AND a complete inability to stick with the canon. If you want to have someone be a bully, Klingon works better. If you want to have someone in a wheelchair, make it a fish alien with no legs. Want someone to be gay? Make it the Vulcan - they always seemed a bit gay. You can do what want, just don't find the lamest possible way to do it. or the "subversive" way.

Star trek was always about adult people dealing with adult situations. Or, at worst, adult people dealing with absurd and childish situations. It was never about children dealing with childish situations. In other words:

"Shut Up Wesely!"

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (D7v4F)

134 I don't get people calling Milly Allcock mid or ugly. She looks cute to me. I think its one of those "women consist entirely of breasts" ideology some people suffer under.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)

135 >>>I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.

that's about right. for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)

136 Can these woke bitchtards come up with some new material? This “control over my body” is so old it’s senile and being pushed into MAID in Canada. It’s also ludicrous after all these strong woke bitches threw their bodies at the state during Covid. Suddenly, a woman’s body was not hers to control.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (jB7fc)

137
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will be able to direct image some of the larger (gas giant) exoplanets in the near neighborhood. That will pretty much confirm, yep, these are planets.

And to be really technical the current official IAU definition of "planet" applies only to our solar system. But we know what we mean by planet, whether here or around another star.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)

138 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.

I love the atmosphere of the movies, when I go, I get there ahead of time and stay until the credits role and the staff are coming in to clean up.

Hell, I don't even mind the price of concessions.

There was nothing like going to opening night at The Ziegfeld.

It's just that most movies are not worth seeing anymore and worth all of that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (XV/Pl)

139 I saw the last 2 Avatar movies with my friend.

I bring foam earplugs. Shouldn't have to...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Sco7b)


The movie itself was fine. It was the commercials and trailers that were the issue. If I ever go to a theater again, I shall have ear plugs with me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

140 One hour till the Artemis Crew is scheduled to launch on a 10 day cruise ... a ten day cruise ... around the moon. (one of these days Alice, POW, to the moon. Too bad the female is not named Alice)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (vbXSk)

141 If people think the regular exoplanet hunting is a neat application of instruments, look at what they're doing finding loose planets in interstellar space.

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (RW4Zm)

142 Dang…I didn’t intend to watch this Hail Mary movie but Ace is almost elevating it to a ‘can’t miss’ film.

Posted by: Chunk at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (KKkVN)

143 >>>The Alamo will kick you out for that, as will most repertory theaters.

i was reading The Hobbit on my phone through the commercials, but it was so damn loud I only got through like six pages.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)

144 In the classic 30s SF story "A Martian Odyssey" a person on a Mars mission has his aircraft fail and decides to walk back towards the mothership. He meets a native called Tweel that looks like an ostrich and it learns a few phrases and words - Yes, no, one one two, two two four maybe a few other before it breaks down but Tweel tries to hint to him about the strange life forms they encounter using this extremely limited vocabulary.

At one point they meet a group of hive mind critters carrying trash into the home base and the spaceman stops one and says "We are friends!" ...after that all the critters call out "Weee are vrreends" as they pass. He blocks one and it reaches out and pinches his injured nose and he moves aside saying OUCH. After that the greeting phrase was "Weee are vrreends -- OUCH"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)

145 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)
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I laughed when the mine caved in.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

146 K thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

147 The funniest part - Starfleet Academy doesn't suck because it is woke, it sucks because it is poorly acted, directed, scripted, etc. They have an alien the barfs glitter. A gay Klingon. A female Jem hadar. A hologram that acts like it is six years old. A Vulcan bully. A guy in a wheelchair. They use modern slang and curses.

I have not watched it but the clips and reviews I saw, it looks like some of the plots were kind of interesting. Most of the first few shows had decent ideas. But the execution looks absolutely awful and the characters a strange combination of forgettable and repelling. And the last two episodes are incomprehensibly bad plotting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

148 128 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)

I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (ExV1e)


Remind me, didn't I win two playoff games with hail mary's?

Posted by: Aaron Rodgers at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (dmDsy)

149 134 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)

well the Island was settled by inbred Celtic drunkard felons....

She is at least as cute as the south end of a north bound wombat.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (Int1s)

150 138 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.
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When we started going to the Korean theater, they had Korean commercials, and those were a hoot. We still reference the "Trust TS" song. (Korean hair-care, I think.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (/d4WW)

151 119 She's also Australian and has a prototypical Australian look about her.

Super Girl needs to be All-American.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (XV/Pl)

Mily Alcock played the teenage version of one of the queens in House of Dragons. She was only in like four episodes.
That's the only thing I've seen her in.
She wasn't bad, and is kinda cute.

She said she only took the Supergirl role because she wasn't getting any offers and was worried her life was over at 22.

It's like she's already running away from it.
The first trailer having SG crawling around drunk didn't help it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (6ydKt)

152 147 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

Yes holograms which are of course artificial light based simulacrums would choose to look like cross-eyed nosering theory freakazoids...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Int1s)

153 Milly Allcock doesn't look the part. She just...doesn't. She has a bratty adolescent look.

In the comics Supergirl looks...sweet. Tall and skinny, almost gangly. California Girl. No brat.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (D7v4F)

154 I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.
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But it wasn't a ro-ock....

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

155 >>I didn't realize that Lily from AT&T was the lady astronaut until I watched the end credits. Neat.

Does 'Lily' still have a Hugh Jass?

Toward the end of the AT&T ad campaign with her, they had to shoot the scenes to hide her big butt.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (Y1sOo)

156 i was reading The Hobbit on my phone through the commercials, but it was so damn loud I only got through like six pages.
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I generally cannot read if words are coming into my ears. :shrug:

Hey.

Hey, guys...

If you want a real hard-science treat...*snicker*...read Andy Weir's "Aremis"...*snicker* *snicker*

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (/d4WW)

157 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)

158 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.
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What they see is a little periodic dip in star radiance. This is what they take for "planets" in many cases.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

Could be sunspots, but then it wouldn't have to obey the rules of gravity governing the speed and distance of an orbit. Matter in orbit that isn't essentially a planet would have the dip have a more gradual edge than is usually seen.

Another method that can be used is to look at shifts in the spectral lines as the star wobbles due to the planet tugging on it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (8avO+)

159 that's about right. for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)

It could be a good family movie.

Do families still go to the movies or just wait for it on Netflix?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

160 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)
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I laughed when the mine caved in.
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

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No Name City would be a perfect place for a MoMe.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (2WIwB)

161 thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway

Pretty much yeah. Passed the time helped calm the cattle. It didn't matter how great you were, it was better than sitting around in silence.

One of my favorite singing bits in a TV show was Justified, season 2. The evil murderous mom of a clan of hill folk did a great job (like pretty much everyone else) and there's a scene where the family is having a picnic/barbecue. They all start singing and get mom to sing along. She's a terrible singer but nobody cared because it was about the family and the song and being together, not about perfection. They loved mom, they loved singing, they loved the family, who cares if she's not an opera singer.

We need more of that. Everyone is terrified to sing in public now, or anywhere, because they all feel like they have to be professional quality. Singing used to be everywhere, we sang as part of life. Now we delegate it all to professionals.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)

162 Supergirl would be an interesting opportunity to make an action movie with a female protagonist that isn't stupid girrrlbossss crap

She is super strong for a reason in universe so yeah she can beat up most other characters in the DC universe and it isn't comical like watching Scarlet Johansen muff flip 250lb operators.

And she's always been feminine and tough in the classic sense - the Injustice story line does this I think very well.

But I suspect we'll get another stupid grrrrlllll boss movie that just makes the character into another Captain (Karen) Marvel

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (sKqQm)

163 I saw The Loose Planets open up for the Thundering Gashcunts at the Starlight Theater back in '06.....

Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! They Were Great! at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (dmDsy)

164 153 Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (D7v4F)

She has the c-list porn chick playing a sorority slut on Girls Gone Wild look...

you need to cast a hot blonde for the role and she ain't it.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (Int1s)

165 That's not exactly the problem in the movie. The world will lose half it's population in 30 years due to starvation caused by the dimming sun and all the wars that will be fought in those 30 years over food because of course the countries of the world will lie cheat and steal to survive. All of the stars in our immediate vicinity except Tau Ceti are experiencing the dimming. Don't want to spoil how they were able to accelerate the ship fast enough to make the mission viable, it's a major plot point and possibly a plot hole. Also a bit ironic.
Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (CFMhl)
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That raises even more plot holes.

If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

166 I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22
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akshually per wiki

The expression goes back at least to the 1930s, when it was used publicly by Elmer Layden and Jim Crowley, two former members of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's Four Horsemen. Originally meaning any sort of desperation play, a Hail Mary pass gradually came to denote a long, low-probability pass, typically of the "alley-oop" variety, attempted at the end of a half when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play, implying that it would take a miracle for the play to succeed. For more than 40 years, use of the term was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (bQ4nt)

167 And, by the way, project Hail Mary isn't "based" - it's about two people, who are actual aliens, coming together, working toward solving a common problem, and having a friendship that extends beyond the stars. It just goes about the story without rubbing your nose in it, and making it seem normal that different people can understand each other and work toward the common good.

What it avoids is being lecturey about it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (D7v4F)

168 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.

20 straight minutes of commercials before the trailers. Like 6 commercials... over, and over, and over... for 20 minutes. At rock concert volumes.

I did not enjoy the commercials.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

170 K thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway
Posted by: Skip

Cows are headbangers? Or rappers?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ndZc7)

171 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)
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Which shouldn't even be possible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

172 One thing I didn't like about going to the movies was the blinding sunlight afterwards when you went outside. You went from sitting in the dark for 2 hours and then going thru the exit door forgetting about how bright is outside.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:31 PM (Oy/m2)

173 Re: Roger Staubach

The term became widespread after an NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 1975 (see Cowboys–Vikings rivalry), when Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach (a devout Catholic) said about his game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson, "I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary."

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (bQ4nt)

174 161 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)
Tim Blake Nelson shows how terrifying the singing cowboy archetype really is

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (Int1s)

175 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
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Only the lesbians. The dudes hook up every 7 minutes.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (/d4WW)

176 Does 'Lily' still have a Hugh Jass?

Toward the end of the AT&T ad campaign with her, they had to shoot the scenes to hide her big butt.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (Y1sOo)


Wait, so her ass got bigger, but not the rest of her? Although, those tits were pretty much maxed-out...

Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! I LOVE Big Boobs! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (dmDsy)

177 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
Posted by: Fred Schneider

But first Pon Farr slap fights.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)

178 "So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?
there was much handwaving in the movie about how much time this took"

IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)

179 102 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

Not related to the movie, however I met Doug Flutie once. Nice man and still handsome. Unfortunately shorter than I am, and, well, we are both married to others. Our sons went to his junior high and the school had him speak. He signed two programs which I need to give our boys if I find them again.

IF the Hollyweird writers could come up with something orignal that I was interested in, I'd go.

IF they used leads that were good looking, I'd go.

IF they'd shut up about politics I'd go.

Otherwise I wait and pick and choose. A movie will look good, then I see who is starring, and nope! That witch Kidman is in everything! I can't stand her!!!

Limited entertainment for me, so I come to Ace's Place.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (WONhk)

180 I'll check it out when it gets to my big "small" screen. Which is more than I do for most of Pervywood's dreck.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (xvV+O)

181 Supergirl will likely not be shit because of Allcock. It will be shit because it is James Gunn. Everything he does is the same shit.

Even the trailer has vintage music. Come on dude. The horse is mere atoms floating on the wind. And he did not even use Kansas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

182 Supergirl is not just a bizarre choice for #2 movie in the brand new DC movie universe, but making her a mopey depressed alcoholic is even stranger. Hope, aspiration, uplifting, these are concepts Hollywood rejects.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (El6/E)

183
There are now about 6000 "confirmed exoplanets" and I was looking at just what criteria "confirms" it.

It takes multiple observations with at least two different techniques, like radial velocity and transit methods.

The probability these are not "planets" as we think of them orbiting their host star is very low. It looks, quacks, and swims like a duck.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

184 akshually per wiki

The expression goes back at least to the 1930s, when it was used publicly by Elmer Layden and Jim Crowley, two former members of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's Four Horsemen. Originally meaning any sort of desperation play, a Hail Mary pass gradually came to denote a long, low-probability pass, typically of the "alley-oop" variety, attempted at the end of a half when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play, implying that it would take a miracle for the play to succeed. For more than 40 years, use of the term was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (bQ4nt)

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Well it sure as Hell was not going to be invented at Baylor or Brigham Young. U.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (2WIwB)

185 Shows like 'Starfleet Academy' could benefit by having their budgets cut by 75% or so. Toss some of that to talented writers that can create something interesting.

There's been some fantastic low budget Japanese movies I've seen. 'Death Note' 1 and 2 on YouTube were pretty clever horror movies. Very fun. And 'Terrifier' isn't everyone's cup of tea, but those are great movies considering their budgets.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

186 akshually per wiki

Obviously written by a Vikings fan.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ExV1e)

187 NOOD

DO AS WE SAY

WE ARE SMAAAHHHRRT

Posted by: EXPERTS! at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ULPxl)

188 NOOD Project "Hail Experts"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ESVrU)

189 181 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

Supers are really just self-absorbed fuckwits who are loathsome....

yeah Jimmy we got it the first eleven times..

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Int1s)

190 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

It's a good possibility that Vulcans would see homosexuality as illogical.

Until Kutrzman changes that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

191 If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)


Not broadcast. Probes. In fact, multiple probes... just in case.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

192 Wait, so her ass got bigger, but not the rest of her? Although, those tits were pretty much maxed-out...
Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! I LOVE Big Boobs! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (dmDsy)

She did her own version of onlyfans which was called something like onlyphilanthropy. I think it crashed and burned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

193 By the way, Justice Jackson said this banger about birthright citizenship: "If I steal a wallet in Japan, I am subject to Japanese laws….. in a sense, it's allegiance."

That's her argument for why being born in the USA should make you a citizen, you'd get arrested for pickpocketing in Japan.

In her defense I would agree to this concept: we should have the same policy as Japan where you do not become a citizen simply by being born there.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (El6/E)

194 182 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (El6/E)

She is drunk which is amazing because Kryptonians could not get drunk for decades...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (Int1s)

195 It looks, quacks, and swims like a duck.

Actually, “it looks, quacks and swims like a duck… pick any two.” Which makes the chance it isn’t a duck unlikely, but probably not quite so unlikely that among those 6,000 confirmations, at least one of them will be a fascinating surprise when we find out what it really is.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (EXyHK)

196 175 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
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Only the lesbians. The dudes hook up every 7 minutes.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (/d4WW)


Gay Vulcans seem odd...


Gay Vulcan 1 "I intend now to insert my hard cock into...well... your asshole, for no biological nor procreational reason.

Gay Vulcan 2 "Just stick it me me already!"

Posted by: Denny Crane - Vulcans Are Horny!!! at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (dmDsy)

197 IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)


The movie explains how they do it. Yes, it's magic but it works in their universe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)

198 "Oh, I recognized Milana Vayntraub as a background character after a while. She is pretty, but, as usual, she dresses in baggy clothes because she really, really hates guys looking at her boobs."

I'm fairly certain that a background character in a $200-million movie doesn't get to decide what clothes she wears (even if we kind of remember her from phone commercials).

Posted by: TR at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (hazdd)

199 171 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)
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Which shouldn't even be possible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU

I'd expect the replicators to limit the calories of the fat people.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

200 She did her own version of onlyfans which was called something like onlyphilanthropy. I think it crashed and burned.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

Dude, you serious? And do you have a link?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Vulcans Are Horny!!! at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (dmDsy)

201 >>> I'd expect the replicators to limit the calories of the fat people.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

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Each meal includes a daily dose of GLP-1.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (CyFyf)

202 165

That raises even more plot holes.

If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

Hence the name of the movie and mission. The mission has probes that can be sent home with progress reports using the same propulsion method. Won't spoil the rest. But yes the time crunch and attainable acceleration are the major plot holes. The suspension of disbelief was enough to let me enjoy the movie, I only started really thinking about them in my car afterwards.

Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (CFMhl)

203
for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

They make you join with Abraham Lincoln to fight a Klingon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)

204 173 The term became widespread after an NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 1975 (see Cowboys–Vikings rivalry), when Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach (a devout Catholic) said about his game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson, "I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary."
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (bQ4nt)
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And Pearson got away with a blatant push-off. Crime of the Century!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (0bjKf)

205 I love a good physics thread.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (pDt9x)

206 Speaking of entertainment, I am going to start watching Landman tonight. Heard good things about it from people who I think might be trustworthy.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

207 For what its worth, my 8 year old liked Project Hail Mary better than Super Mario 2.

Posted by: callister raine at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (q+0Qp)

208 Worth a lot, for you and especially your kiddo.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (pDt9x)

209 28 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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I genuinely enjoyed Sinners , but it was very clear the movie was very anti-white at basically every level.

The creator was clearly a racist.

It was also nowhere near an Oscar worthy movie, it was just a horror movie that punched above its weight. But DEI is what matters most to these people.

A white director or writer and this thing would have not gotten a single nom.

My wife made me watch this with her. It was a mid vampire movie. For me, any movie where you can k*ll the vampires rather than f*ck them, is a net positive. I thought it was..ok. Honestly Dusk til Dawn was way better and I f**king hate Jerg Clooners and I still watch it every time it's on.
When i heard it got an Oscar nomination, i blurted out...it's a f**king vampire movie. Why??

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (7gpcF)

210 she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior
Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (jGJov)

Dude, got to go back just a couple of years earlier.

She looks like Chaka from the old Land of the Lost TV show. if i saw her at a con, i would be yelling 'say 'Oganzaaaaa'

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (7gpcF)

211 122 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana

I haven't watched football since Tom Landry got fired by that cryptkeeper looking l*sbian f**ker Jerry Jones..and you guys are talking about Doug Flutie and Joe Montana??

Roger F*cking Stauback to Drew Pearson in 1975. For f**ks sake. I was five when I saw that f*cking game and I never forgot the Hail Mary.
Doug F*cking Flutie. Your mancard is revoked.

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (7gpcF)

212 The point I checked out mentally on Project Hail Mary was at the point they brought in "Metallic Xenon" as a foundational substance for the alien.

The threads holding up the suspension of disbelief were broken as a result of knowing too much chemistry. The story stepped over the line from science fiction into non-scientific fantasy.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (47/pr)

213 Watched The Thomas Crowne Affair at home rather than going to the theater for PHM. It was mainly nostalgic but popcorn fresh and cheap and couch more comfortable than theater and more private than a drive in…

Posted by: epador at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (iMDpA)

214 Prediction: Dolls/plushies of "Rocky" (the alien from Project Hail Mary) will be released and outsell Grogu merch by Christmas.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (FIwBs)

215 I hear the audiobook for Project Hail Mary is excellent. I've been hoping the kindle ebook would go on sale so I could snag them together fir under 10 bucks, but I haven't seen it on sale in the past several months sadly (though I haven't checked every day).

The comment about most of the science being simple definitely has me hoping they save the earth with a science fair baking soda volcano though.

Posted by: tintex at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (sBl13)

216 Something I've noticed as a Catholic (and I'm not the only one) is the spacecraft is the Hail Mary, and the crewman's last name is Grace.

A very standard Catholic prayer begins with these words: Hail Mary, full of grace ...

Coincidence?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (ksbjf)

217 @211 hey fat, I think you're talking about the season I took the Cowboys to the super bowl. I'm smarter and a better quarterback than all the players in the hall of fame. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (sBl13)

218 The book is one of my favorites - and, as usual, it's best to read (or listen to - the narrator, Ray Porter, is excellent) the book first. Andy Weir puts a lot of humor in the book and the movie is very faithful to the book. It's not the writers, per se, trying to get you to like characters, it's how Andy Weir writes. The humor in the book doesn't come across that way at all, to me. I very much enjoyed the movie. I deliberately didn't read anything about it before I saw it. I wanted to just experience and hoped very hard that they wouldn't ruin the story. And they didn't.

I will also say that you get to know the alien a LOT more in the book. And he's actually been at Tau Ceti for 53 years before Grace comes along. They're very long-lived aliens. They communicate and work together as equals, each bringing critical skills to the task at hand. Really. Read or listen to the book.

Posted by: Rubeczech at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (lLQGv)

219 Things are proceëding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

220 I saw a Tweet today that said that Amazon will also release the 4-hour director's cut when PHM goes to Amazon Prime. I'll watch to see if the director's cut adds more 'science points' from the book that make the alien more alien and the story more compelling.

SPOILERS: I thought the movie would have been so much better if from the book they'd had left in/added that Rocky had been at Tau Ceti for years by himself (46??), that his species had no concept of relativity (Rocky he arrived quicker than he thought and used less astrophage fuel - hence why he could give Grace some fuel to get home) or the electromagnetic forces (and had no computers; that's why gift of laptop was a big deal), had no concept of sight or colors (amazed that humans can 'hear' light), the nitrogen issue with the astrophage predator and why they had nitrogen, more about the Rocky's physiology, and add more examples that show what a smart and capable engineer Rocky was. I don't think all of that would have taken more than 10 minutes of screen time. I also understand why they choose the last scenes on Earth with the video from Grace, but I liked how the book had Grace find out his work had saved the Earth.

Posted by: Kreskin at April 01, 2026 09:18 PM (NeyZG)

221 Hail Mary is imperfect (as everything is). But I thought it was wonderful. My wife and elder daughter agreed.
The blessed relief of not being preached at was a balm.

A big plus for me: no sound from the spacecraft until they're in atmosphere. How many hundreds of sci-fi films get that wrong?

Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at April 02, 2026 04:57 AM (rrmR5)

222 YOURE A FUCKING WOMEN...

Posted by: Fisht at April 02, 2026 08:49 AM (BHEHK)

223 "One thing I like about this set-up: Author Andy Weir avoids the usual end-of-the-world scenario of "global warming." Instead he conjures up a fictitious threat that results in... global cooling. I think he did this on purpose."

Weir actually does mention global warming in the book and treats it as legit settled science. There's even a subplot where they nuke Antarctica in order to put more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, heat up the planet, and buy humanity a little more time.

I found it interesting that the movie(which I thought was enjoyable, but inferior to the novel) omitted all that. I guess Amazon/MGM really did want to ditch any potential political messaging.

Posted by: Adam_ME at April 02, 2026 03:59 PM (KM0KN)

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